Cold Weather Slows Planting and Harvest
The weather we have been having lately sure hasn’t been helpful for the planting or growing of our crops (except for the ones that love cool weather). Sunshine has been scarce as well. Fortunately it appears that we may be heading for some nicer sunnier weather.
We have been able to continue to plant our vegetables but know that warmth, sun and rain are all needed to keep them growing. Yesterday’s rain was welcome as it has been dry around here. We were contemplating getting the irrigation going at full force but this rain has allowed us to avoid watering the crops.
The overnight lows have sunk to scary levels a fewtimes, which necessitated covering tomato plants as well as watering the strawberries. Luckily we managed to avoid damage from the cold temperatures. Normally our last frost date occurs somewhere around May 18th so these cold evenings were quite a surprise.
Hopefully we are past the chilly weather and some nice summer weather will settle in and help the vegetables to grow well.
