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To: JRandomFreeper; greeneyes; rightly_dividing; sockmonkey; Nepeta; Silentgypsy; ApplegateRanch; ...
The weather reports to my computer still say 30 degrees tonight. I don't know it will get that low in the walled garden but I can't chance it. I have too many strong veggies growing in containers to risk it - plus, the maybe 16 small pots in the little greenhouse are strong but small but are growing well - sweet and hot peppers of different kinds, another kind or two of cucumbers, celery, that's all I remember right now but with that many pots I must have forgotten some.

So, I went out there with the three blankets and mounds of row cover and covered everything sitting out in pots - strawberries, several different kinds of onions, 5 kinds of tomatoes, cucumbers, flowers already out there, Mr. Stevia, three containers of blackberries, three containers of potatoes.

I took the small pots out of the greenhouse and put them on a metal chair and covered them with gobs of row cover.

Forgetting the money, I have put too much effort in doing this right to let weather take it away.

All the flowers and herbs and Stevia I bought yesterday are still in the house so they are safe. The rest of the garden seeds are under the grow lamp inside so they are okay.

Oh, yes, the orange tree - the tag says it is okay down to 32 degrees. Well, it has buds all over it ready to bloom so I dragged it across the deck and put it under the covered deck with an outdoor standup fan behind it and the fan is taller than the tree and put a blanket over the fan so it covers the tree without pressure being on top of the tree. It is covered well.

rightly, that orange tree is in a large, tall, black pot with three and a half gallons of soil in there and it's too heavy for me, so I'm going to put it on your dolly you made for me so I can move it around without shaking it. It's heavier than the T squash barrel is.

161 posted on 03/02/2014 2:41:20 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: JRandomFreeper; sockmonkey; rightly_dividing

AND IT’S STILL RAINING. It’s not pouring but there are plenty of drops coming down. It may rain all night - 70% chance it rains all night.


162 posted on 03/02/2014 2:44:26 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

Sit down, and drink a nice amaretto..I just froze my rear off moving the “portable” plants inside, and covering stuff with plankets. The dumb greenhouse vent opener had the window open, and it was 42 degrees in there..

I am ready to put on some pajamas or sweats, and drink some hot cocoa with Mozart Chocolate Liqueur or Dark Rum in it..


166 posted on 03/02/2014 3:07:51 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: Marcella

We are at 10 degrees, and the “snow” is still falling. It is so fine it’s almost like a mist right now. Stayed in all day today.

Will have to get some dogfood tomorrow. My dog has not been feeling well, and the dry dog food she usually eats is not agreeing with her. So I am going to have to get some canned dog food tomorrow.

I feed her some rice and chicken today.


199 posted on 03/02/2014 8:22:46 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Marcella
It's 21 degrees here today. We moved here for the temperate climate haha.

Great job on your plant protection!

215 posted on 03/03/2014 8:50:00 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar)
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