To: JustaDumbBlonde
We are having a BIG FREEZE in South Florida...all my lovely veggies and tropical flowers are looking SAD.
:-(
Oh well, the year is young.
To: left that other site; satan69
I saw some of the damage done by the Florida deep freeze. Satan69 posted a photo of his/her dead eggplant on last week's ongoing thread.
A hard freeze will do you some good with weed and insect control though, if you like looking on the bright side of things.
10 posted on
01/06/2012 10:08:45 AM PST by
JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
To: left that other site
Several days ago I got three large pots and moved different size banana suckers into them, so I could move them into a spare room once it cooled off, and hopefully get bananas during other times of the year.
While I was picking up the pots, I found these pots that are designed to fit on a fence rail. So I picked up a couple and some plumbing and expanded the hydroponic system to a nice sunny spot on the edge of the dock. I went ahead and planted tomatoes, knowing it's not the right time, but I figured if we got any cold this year (here along the north edge of Tampa Bay there are many winters I don't see freezing) I could just take them inside for a night or two.
The next day I see that the weather is coming. Into the house went the existing tomatoes. Lessons learned:
- They are a lot bigger than they looked.
- They are a lot heavier than they looked.
- Before you pick it up, figure out where, and how, you are going to put it down.
- Before you pick it up, make sure you have a clear path to where you need to put it down.
- If, even though you found the perfect place to put it down, tomato plants fall in your living room and no one is awake to hear it, they do still make a mess.
91 posted on
01/06/2012 3:45:52 PM PST by
Darth Reardon
(No offense to drunken sailors)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson