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@baymule I have to go with @seedcorn on this one. I'm green with envy over that whole picking tomatoes in December thing!! My loves, and yes my tomato plants are my loves, grew beautifully all spring, even bounced back from the late freeze we had, but the heavy rains of late spring and drought...

The bright side to this colder than usual winter weather a) natural decrease in pest bugs, and b) beautiful blooms come spring!!

I'm hoping my spinach and cabbage will surprise me and sprout new leaves.

I underestimated the drop in temperature, so I'll have to start my seedlings over again and hopefully get 2 harvests by summer, possibly 3 by fall.

RIGHT!@ Trust me, I don't envy northern winters. In fact, y'all can this gawd-awful frigid weather back!!

Ahhh.. This high of 25* today does not feel like a normal GA winter. Glad for it to cull the pest bugs, but being cold with the heat on makes me doubly glad this is a rarity and will be over in 2 months tops!! @seedcorn can eat his hat when I get a 2nd harvest from my spring garden!! Thanks for...

I wish I could choose which snakes get to hunt my yard/garden. I'v mostly come across smaller non venomous snakes while doing yard work, however there are about 5 that can be found in metro Atlanta, and my neighborhood is perfect for all of them. On a brighter note, that makes for a great...

Maybe that's why the frogs don't show themselves in my yard...

Lol!!!!! Nope. They don't. I was listing the other animals that have access to my gardens since deer aren't an issue. I'm actually trying to coax more lizards and frogs to the yard for the added pest control.

Hi Ninny, Per Gurney's, I'm in zone 8. There are deer in our suburbs, but not in the city. I do, however, have to contend with racoons, opossums, mice, rats, various snakes, lizards, frogs, rabbits, feral cats and our mated hawk and owl pairs.

I'm looking forward to expanding my gardening efforts in the coming months by adding tulups and gladiolus to my flower beds, finally creating the fern garden of my dreams, transferring the herb garden to the backyard and tilling up a patch for a fruit and vegetable garden. With all of that on...