Phaedra's Garden 2022

[Phaedra]

Too cold to be true...another four or five days are still waiting.
Today was a day for arranging emergency measures.

Half of the plants in the glass conservatory died, so I removed the rest in the unheated room.

Quails are relocated again to another quail house (which was used as the sickbay) in the greenhouse and covered with an additional blanket during the night. Hen houses are also covered with thick anti-frost jackets.

I will cover their runs with tarps and PVC corrugated sheets tomorrow.

 

[Branching Out]

Too cold to be true...another four or five days are still waiting.
Today was a day for arranging emergency measures.
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Half of the plants in the glass conservatory died, so I removed the rest in the unheated room.
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Quails are relocated again to another quail house (which was used as the sickbay) in the greenhouse and covered with an additional blanket during the night. Hen houses are also covered with thick anti-frost jackets.

I will cover their runs with tarps and PVC corrugated sheets tomorrow.
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Looks very cozy

 

[baymule]

Weather does that to us. I’ve fed early because storms are sweeping across central Texas and along the Gulf coast. Will hit here around 5PM. We are at a 3 out of 5 extreme weather alert.

 

[Branching Out]

Weather does that to us. I’ve fed early because storms are sweeping across central Texas and along the Gulf coast. Will hit here around 5PM. We are at a 3 out of 5 extreme weather alert.

Oh dear--hope that you are spared the worst of it.

 

[baymule]

Oh dear--hope that you are spared the worst of it.

I’m on the edge. Tornadoes are north of me right now.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I saw that on the news last nite. Tornadoes, storms, rain. UGHHHHHHH

 

[baymule]

No tornado’s here. Was a cold, cloudy, rainy morning. This afternoon the sun came out and it was a beautiful afternoon.

 

[Phaedra]

I guess this will be the last post for the year 2022. After the previous frozen 10 days, some plants survived, and some became green manure.

Survived group members: purple broccoli - the younger, the less damaged.

The elder, most leaves of the lower part, looked sad. The plants should still be alive, but I am not sure if I should remove those lower leaves.

Sages are tough, almost no damage!

Lavender is also tough! Tougher than I thought!

Primroses are also tough; the plants are doing well.

Those became green manure....
I removed all of them, although some might survive. Those broad beans (black ones) are all dead.

I will say most of the broad/field beans were dead. Parsley and foxgloves are good survivors.

The young plants I propagated and removed under the hoop tunnel (and added one more roof) all survived. Well, I will stop growing anything now and focus on cleaning. After all, there is a reason why there are four seasons. Winter is a good time to take a rest, think, plan, and re-arrange the resources.

My next sowing will start on Feb 14, 2023.

 

[baymule]

Your garden needs a rest and so do you. It’s time to close out 2022 and prepare for 2023.

 

[flowerbug]

lavender does fine here without being mulched or otherwise covered. i think we see -20F - -30F some winter seasons.