RATS!!!
No, not Dems (a different kind of trouble), not rodents (trouble too, but they don’t zap the whole garden)...
NWS issued a frost advisory for us, as of about an hour ago, with the “kicker” being that after that, the next couple weeks look nice and warm. So, I’ll try to figure out some way to protect these huge Opo plants, as, wouldn’t you know it, several new fruits have started in the last few days. I weighed the one I harvested yesterday: The gourd weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. The very 1st one is considerably larger, but, it’s seed for next year. We’ll be busy shortly moving my wife’s tropical plants in, the lemon grass will survive ok for now (it takes a freeze to hurt it), I will try to cover the better pepper plants, and the tomatoes are just gonna have to be on their own, except a couple in pots: I’ll trim them back (which they may or may not survive) and bring ‘em in. The cucs are near dead anyway, so, no great loss.
I was doing auto maint. work already - Sunday afternoon just got even busier ...
“I was doing auto maint. work already - Sunday afternoon just got even busier...”
My ‘winter car’ (2008 Ford Escape) needs an oil change, a new battery and a look at the rear brakes before she’s road-worthy for a Wisconsin Winter. I think it’s going to be a cold one. We’ve already had one freeze, and another tonight, and our usual Freeze Date is Mid-October. But, we ARE in a Solar Minimum, so I’m prepared to bundle up.
Clock’s Tickin’! Beau will be home in another week or so from bear hunting. His ‘Honey-Do’ List is longer than it’s ever been. ;)