[Marcella]

Well, even Johnny has his pants on so we know it is cold. It's colder where he is than where I am.

My latest forecast is 32 tonight, Monday. I don't think it will go to that with my solidly brick enclosed area but I can't chance all those strawberry plants freezing, so I opened a new row cover package that is 12x10 and didn't open it fully so it is three layers and put that over the strawberries.

I took the long squash off the plant and it is 20 inches long and see two more developing. Yesterday, I saw one, now there are two. Hopefully it won't get to 32 or it will be so short lived at 32 that plant won't freeze.

Yesterday, I was in a personal botanical garden (it wasn't a public garden). It is completely enclosed with a KOI pond and exotic plants, some very tall to the ceiling and the ceiling looks to be 2 stories tall with a solid plastic ceiling to let in light. It was in the 40s outside but the garden was a perfect temp. Around that house were bearing fruit trees including tropical fruit I don't know. I saw growing lemons and oranges and the others I couldn't identify. He told me the names but there were several so I don't remember them.

I'll probably marry this man to get that botanical garden and all those fruit trees. :O) :O) Don't get your hopes up, ha ha. It was a beautiful place.

[sockmonkey]

I'll probably marry this man to get that botanical garden and all those fruit trees.

Ooh, Marcella..I bet it's the architect, isn't it?

[greeneyes]

I think I saw on the news that there was some snow in Texas? Is that true? We are expecting lows of 25 degrees tonight.

It warmed up today to 3 degrees above freezing. So I hustled around and took out the compost and trash. Checked the winter garden - it's ok under the row covers. Checked the perennials/herbs - it's kinda sheltered so it looks ok. Hubby's strawberries survived. He usually covers them with straw, but hasn't yet - don't know what he's doing there - 100 plants that he spent all of spring 2013 picking off flowers.

I harvested some lavender, rosemary, parsley, chives, and persimmons today. Covered the herb garden with one row cover - it has a bunch of leaves in it, so I figure that was a little help against the cold.

Continued with my fall/early spring cleaning today. Moved a stuffed rocking chair, and lo and behold there was the sack of winter rye that disappeared. Next time we get some 40 degree weather, I'm going to try to plant it.

Auggie - hope the weather lets you get your garlic in on Thanksgiving.