[Diana in Wisconsin]

I have three Serviceberry and they are JUST ready to bloom. They usually beat anything else around here. The only thing I have in the ground so far are lettuces. Spinach isn't far behind. It's been too windy to set up my portable cold frame and I can't put it on the porch because - PUPPIES!

I've tried everything short of a voodoo doll to get the nighttime temps UP to 50 degrees. Another week of COLD nights, hauling tomatoes and peppers in and out, at a minimum. Grrrr!

[Pollard]

Bright green service berry with a few light green dogwoods around it. Dogwood on right still has some white leaflets on it. Wouldn't mind getting some dogwoods with colored leaflets. Every single thing on this property blooms white except for some orange lilies I grabbed from the roadside years ago and one purple/blue iris I grabbed from the roadside last year. Every single tree I have has yellow Fall foliage. Had sumac for one year but the goats ate that. I want more color dangit.

I left everything out for two days and two nights because days were 82 with light wind and nights were 62. Rained the second night. Got a good hardening off but yesterday got 45mph gusts so I brought them in. Gusts were bringing in rain which is bringing in cool front and will be 39 tomorrow night and the next so we're just not quite there for maters/peppers yet. Of course the stores all have pepper and mater plants but they're in an unheated greenhouse that they close up at night.

Who eats the cost if a cold snap comes in and kills all the warm weather plants at the stores? Seen it happen at walmart once which is about the only place that doesn't have them under a roof at least. I doubt walmart eats the cost though. That's not the way they work. Bonnie would have to take the hit.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

The weather. Bummer!

Serious problem with spring caterpillars. Any solutions?

Caterpiller

This one managed to get inside the house!

Caterpiller2

Possible solution?

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