winter gardens

[sidelock]

Next time you are in M. give me a call and come by. Would be glad to feed you up and YACK about STUFF. BTW, trout ain't only long as your arm, some are like handsaws.

 

[jamesthomas]

My snow is up and growing good.

Its gonna get COLD down here Sunday or Monday night!! Might even get down to Freezing Temps! :surrender: :grin: I'll probably be picking a couple or 3 heads of Broccoli next week, and I will have to put a "Frost Blanket" over my crooked necked squash I have growing. They have 3 or 4 blooms on them.

 

[jamesthomas]

"Frost" blanket didn't work Lost all my squash, leaves "Frost burnt black" flat to the ground :shake: .

 

[user 27715]

"Frost" blanket didn't work Lost all my squash, leaves "Frost burnt black" flat to the ground :shake: .

I'm curious, what did you use for your frost blanketing?

 

[jamesthomas]

Some kind of frost blanket from Lowes, it "only" got down to 34 degrees Sunday night, really Monday morning around 2am.

 

[user 27715]

I know some of the Amish folk around here and they taught me to use hay as a cover. A good 6-8 inches thick and maybe 4-6 inches on both sides of the row should be sufficient for frost protection. I do know of a few others who use this method in Wisconsin; the hay retains heat and moisture for the crop as well as maintaining a constant temp in the soil. Any snow that falls will insulate the hay further. Works quite well for February/March harvesting of potatoes and other such vegetables.

 

[jamesthomas]

Luckily I'm down here in South Al. :grin: But 10 years in Atl. Ga. taught me somewhat about cold weather, nothing what you guys up there get tho!.

 

[BillinOregon]

Hey, thanks for the link to the book.

 

[Kansas Jake]

You are welcome. Have a great Thanksgiving.

 

[coloradoclyde]

What link? :shocked2:

 

[Kansas Jake]

No link, just need to google bale gardening.

 

[jamesthomas]

Cut for heads of Broccoli this morning, love it with a nice warm butter sauce.