The last few nights have been nail biters! The temps have been cold, too close for comfort for this flower farmer. This morning temperatures registered 31.8f but I seem to have sneaked under the radar. Tonight is going to be another cold one, and if I get through tonight with the predicted low temps I should be good for flowers for another few weeks. Keep your fingers crossed. Please stayed tuned to the newsletter. If I get hit by a killing frost I will let you know.
What did get hit by the cold were the gourds and the pumpkins. Most have been harvested, but the rest are under the ghost blanket, which is an assembly to keep the frost off the pumpkins. It looks like a ghost when you drive in the yard, but whatever it takes. What pumpkin vines that were killed by the frost were fed to some very happy goats, compost was spread on next years beds, and the sweet pea trellises were dissembled and stored untll next spring. The last two Thursdays were very busy on the farm, trying to play catch up and be on top of things next spring. Not always easy.
In the mean time, plant material has been moved. The lilacs and other flowering shrubs have been moved back a few feet, into the stones that I had raked aside. Yup, moving rocks, stones and plants yet again. Hopefully I have gained enough space for the 500 narcissus that will be arriving in October. Garden beds have been redefined, or refined and like spring it is all slowly coming together. Hope so anyway, only another spring will tell.
So. Unless I say otherwise, the flower shed/shack/critter shed will be open for a few more weeks, but if I get slammed tonight by cold temps tonight, I will let you know. Keep your fingers crossed flower people. Stay posted. Allie