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2009-10-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by lord garth 2009-10-18 14:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It's snowing for the NE Patriots and Tennessee game! Isn't this kinda early for snow?

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2009-10-18 16:25|| 2009-10-18 16:25|| Front Page Top

#2 It's been pretty hot here in San Diego's east county (97 yesterday), but normal Octobers and even Novembers can be like that. We call it "weather"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-18 16:35|| 2009-10-18 16:35|| Front Page Top

#3 We had a record low high here in Central Virginia the other day. It's been cold and cloudy all day today, hovering around 43F.

We really didn't have a transition from summer to cold - where the hell did autumn go?

I've still got flowers (and fruit) on my tomato and pepper plants. Should be interesting.... :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-18 17:45|| 2009-10-18 17:45|| Front Page Top

#4 aaaaand it's 78 today. Extrapolated that would make it freezing over in a few days

/see what I did there? Data picking: it's not just for lefties

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-18 17:49|| 2009-10-18 17:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Within .3 STD in TLH... this has me worried. It portends of change.

Posted by .5MT 2009-10-18 18:01|| 2009-10-18 18:01|| Front Page Top

#6 A change in the weather?!?! In Tallahassee?!? Heaven forfend!!!! ;-)

Barbara, I pot up a couple of jalapeno plants and bring them inside for the winter in a sunny window -- just hand pollinate the remaining flowers, and they'll produce fruit later. I haven't had as much luck with tomatoes. (Those of you who are snickering, just keep it to yourself. I'm pretty sure I know all the jokes, even the one about what mosses do in the rain.)

Posted by trailing wife 2009-10-18 19:54|| 2009-10-18 19:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't know about moss but do you know why radishes get pithy? Rabbits pith on them.
A little gardening humor...I'll be here all week...tip the waitress on your way out.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-10-18 21:20|| 2009-10-18 21:20|| Front Page Top

#8 tw, the thing is, the only window I have that would work is north-facing, so of course it won't work. Also, the plants are pretty big, so even if I had a south- or west-facing window, I wouldn't have the space to put them.

I put in 1 Early Girl tomato plant this year, and it's grown over 6 feet wide and up into the tree on the other side of the fence. Also have 1 cherry tomato volunteer (courtesy of the birds from the neighbors' plant, I'm guessing), and it's grown far past the cage and the additional stakes. Everybody at the office loves me.

I'll protect the plants from any light frost with old sheets overnight, but when the first hard freeze is predicted, I intend to try something I read about some years ago. Pull up the tomato plant by its roots and hang it upside down (I don't have a garage, so the attic will have to do). Supposedly the tomatoes slowly ripen and you can have vine-ripened tomatoes on Christmas, depending on when that frost/uprooting comes.

Either that, or I'll have a couple of dead tomato plants in the attic.

Wonder if it would also work with the peppers?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-18 21:47|| 2009-10-18 21:47|| Front Page Top

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