Monday, January 7, 2008 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 9019 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating The aftermath..... Now that both myself and my plants have thawed out, I can assess the freeze damage. It is not a pretty sight around here as you can see by looking at this picture of one of my larger angel trumpets, brugmansia Coral Glow. Fortunately it did not get nearly as cold as many forecasters had predicted. The low temperature hovered around 29 for a couple of hours and briefly dropped to 28. That is much better than the 24-26 that was forecast to be the low.Over the weekend I was able to assess ... Categories:BrugmansiaWeather Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiacoral glowfreezepollinatepollinatingseedserendipitysommer gardens Read more
Thursday, January 3, 2008 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7172 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Death Watch Here we go, the temperature just dropped down to 32f and it is only 10:00pm. I was hoping tonight's weather forecast would be wrong, as they often are, but this one is one is dead on. Accuweather did not have the temperature dropping below freezing till 5:00am, but Weather Underground was predicting 30 at 10:00pm. This is not good, we could have 8 hours below freezing! Now it's 31.4, yikes!!!! Accuweather is forecasting a low of 28 by dawn, while Weather Underground predicts ... Categories:Weather Tags:coldfreezefrost clothglobal warmingsommer gardensweather Read more
Monday, December 31, 2007 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7048 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating D-day It looks like D-day is just around the corner. The dreaded day I'm referring to is our first night with frost and potentially freezing weather. I was hoping we could slide through the winter without either, but the odds of that happening are not looking good right now. Here's what Accuweather has to say - "Clear with the temperature approaching the record low of 28 set in 1979; watch for a hard freeze". Oh joy, guess I know how I'll be spending the new year, covering plants with frost ... Categories:Weather Tags:freezefrostsommer gardens Read more