We did the same thing, put them in the ground and went on our Danube cruise. Came back and all had died from cold. It’s never been this cold so long in this part of SC. Husband was very sad and asked if we should have a funeral for the garden we will not have this year? We did find some replacements to plant, but it won’t be the wonderful ones he grew from scratch. Good luck with your garden.
Thanks. This has been a hard winter, too, for mid-South Alabama. 3 snow storms, with one that had snow stay on the ground for four days!
I have NEVER seen snow stay on the ground for more than 12 hours here where I’ve lived for 21 years.
And before you Maniac* Lobsters start telling me about 6 months of snow; yeah, I’m talking about the Gulf Coast—not the North!
I waited to plant all my warm weather stuff. Usually, my tomatoes, pepper, eggplant and squash goes out in Early April.
I hope it doesn’t get extraordinarily hot this summer. My young plants need a couple of months to get good roots before it’s Deep Dixie Dog Days of Summer!
*Maniac. A citizen of the State of Maine.