If there is one thing a gardener always has to remember – it ’s that Mother Nature controls the show . So even after a few warm weeks of Spring , with humid days – and nights that rarely sink below 60 – she came howl back with a flack of frigidness to get us scrambling in the garden .
Our Romany tomato cover up with tiffin pocketbook to protect them from frost
Every year , it ’s always a surmisal as to when to put the tomatoes , peppers and other summertime crops into the ground here in Ohio . We usually like to use the 15th of May as our rule of pollex – but we also consider things like soil temperature and the retentive - term forecast to decide when to take the dip .
Our roma tomatoes covered up with lunch bags to protect them from frost
This year – with the remarkably affectionate weather the last few weeks – the soil had warmed up attractively . Add in a firm 10 days of quick temps with the farseeing - chain of mountains forecast – and we decide to undulate the die and put our plants in the reason a little early on the 6th of May . Well , as with most gambler , we came up on the unretentive end of the stick as last dark ’s predict temperatures were changed to now dip to the rime home run !
So there we were last evening – covering up every individual plant – over 120 in all of peppers , cucumber , tomato plant , courgette and more .
New planting are especially susceptible to frost
New plantings are especially susceptible to frost
To protect them all , we use round-eyed brown paper bags with a nail pushed through the purse and into the ground to hold it over the flora . It ’s actually a very sluttish and inexpensive manner to protect such a large figure of plants – and a lifesaver when you need to keep from losing your future table solid food to hoarfrost !
The good news – according to the forecasts , it should be just a one nighttime event . The temperature are expected to rebound the rest of the week to the 50 to 55 degree every night range that is more normal for our area . ( Of course , those are the same soothsayer a week ago that said we were out of the woods with frost for the year 🙂 )
TV Crew amount To The Farm On Monday …
Adding to all of the exhilaration – we have the Columbus , Ohio Fox affiliate Channel 28 ( WTTE ) coming to the farm on Monday ( May 19th ) to broadcast live for their Good Day Columbus Morning Show !
The work party will be arrive around 7:45 – and then be cut in for live storey from the farm during their morning show at 8:15 , 8:50 , 9:20 , 9:50 .
The Good Day Morning Crew
The Good Day Morning Crew
They will be cover everything from the garden – to our chickens , bee , recycled b and more . It is really exciting to see how people are becoming more and more concerned in uprise their own food and becoming more responsible for for what they use and consume – and we are so well-chosen that Fox 28 is help to promote the cause !
For those that live out of the area and desire to view – you could see the resilient broadcast on their website as well : http://www.myfox28columbus.com/
Happy Gardening ! Jim and MaryOld World Garden farm
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