frosted last night

[flowerbug]

it shouldn't surprise me by now how much the weather forecasters for this area can be off, but 6F is quite a gap...

nothing planted out yet so we're ok, but i just remembered Mom had some plants from the greenhouse sitting out last night too. hmm... hope they're ok...

 

[Nyboy]

We just got over a heatwave 4 days in 90s, this morning temp in car read 43

 

[flowerbug]

it has been pretty warm here too, but this coming week is supposed to be more moderate and then rains starting Wed night. we'll see...

in the meantime, planning on picking up materials for projects early Wed morning to avoid the rains and to give me things to do when it is raining.

 

[digitS']

I just think that the WS can provide current conditions and with future, they can sure do it better than I can.

Case in point: yesterday, I brought a whole bunch of tomatoes out on the lawn to water. They are tall, skinny and suffering from crowding. Minutes later, the wind came up to where the plants were leaning at more than 45°. Horrible gusts! Told DW that the foliage was blown-dry immediately.

We are having the warmest mornings of the year. It's now 55°f here at home and this morning, that is accompanied by rain. Having it clear and nearly that warm a couple of days ago was just about as startling as yesterday's windstorm.

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

That wind yesterday was something! It just came up from nowhere. Fortunately it also died down pretty quickly, it was done blowing by bedtime.

 

[AMKuska]

The weather was weird here in Washington as well yesterday. It was warm and dry, but with super dark and moody clouds. My husband decided to mow the lawn, and minutes after he finished rain dumped everywhere.

 

[flowerbug]

re: high winds...

i had to pull stuff out of the large ditch yesterday that had got blown in a few days ago. hard to imagine how a piece of heavy plywood could get moved up and over a fence but it did... have to put a few more rocks/bricks on it. wind also moved a large heavy chunk of carpeting... i have to move it back where it belongs, but not in the mood for shifting heavy rocks. told Mom, i could help her move it, but she could move rocks. it's not like we don't move them enough as it is... i'm on light duty for a while yet... weeding, moving ashes, peeing on groundhog den, etc...

as a kid i moved many tons of materials by hand carrying, up and down stairs, by the end of summer i was always in great shape. by next spring i'd be back to nothing and have to start all over again. which is a great part of why my back is in such bad shape, heavy lifting without any supporting muscles... and then there were the work accidents which never helped and things later. i'll likely be crawling to garden at some point. with all this gravel i'll have callouses on my stomach...

 

[flowerbug]

The weather was weird here in Washington as well yesterday. It was warm and dry, but with super dark and moody clouds. My husband decided to mow the lawn, and minutes after he finished rain dumped everywhere.

the other good one is washing the car. seems like that can bring on rain almost every time...

 

[Ridgerunner]

There is the old joke "if you don'r like the weather here (insert location) wait five minutes." Spring especially can be so challenging, it is so changeable and volatile.

Steve, when I harden off my plants I put them behind a wind block. My normal winds are from the south this time of year unless here are storms so i have to watch it. As you sort of imply wind can really dry them out, the plants themselves as well as the soil they are in. It's not just bright sun that's hare on tender plants. When i put them in the garden I often pile up some soil to the south to help block wind. The after a week or so when they are really hardened off I level it back out and mulch.

 

[flowerbug]

There is the old joke "if you don'r like the weather here (insert location) wait five minutes." Spring especially can be so challenging, it is so changeable and volatile.

Steve, when I harden off my plants I put them behind a wind block. My normal winds are from the south this time of year unless here are storms so i have to watch it. As you sort of imply wind can really dry them out, the plants themselves as well as the soil they are in. It's not just bright sun that's hare on tender plants. When i put them in the garden I often pile up some soil to the south to help block wind. The after a week or so when they are really hardened off I level it back out and mulch.

we hide ours up by the house in partial shade and it is also near the hose connection to the house so there's usually someone who remembers to water them before they dry out completely. so far we've not lost many plants.

when i plant them out, with our open field location and winds always being possible i put them down deeper than i would otherwise. tomato plants will be a foot in the ground with just the top leaves sticking up. peppers i leave a little more showing as they seem to set fruits in the dirt otherwise...