So I planted my seedlings a little early. I’ve got a plan!
In my last report, I had planted my little hardened seedlings before the USDA last frost date for my area.
Now, local weathermen are predicting a hard freeze tomorrow night. Sure! They’ve been wrong before. Just because I might have jumped the gun a little. I’m convinced it’s a conspiracy to deal a coup de grace to all us gardeners who are already near death with winter cabin fever.
Who cares if the weathermen are right and I planted about a month too soon. I’ve got a plan. It’s worked before…well, it almost worked before (I suppose I’ve jumped the gun a couple of times in the past. Okay, more than a couple. Okay, okay, a lot of times. But my heart is in the right place.)
I’m refining my technique. Of course, I refuse to buy all those fancy water towers that go over the plants and protect them from frosts. I’ve got my own methods.
Last year, I planted several dozen tomato plants, along with several bean varieties, eggplant, cucumbers, cantaloupes, bell and jalapeno peppers and a few other things. Using my exceptional method of getting past the last frost, I actually saved two of my tomato plants, and at least one eggplant. Maybe the rest of the plants didn’t make it. I never had much success with cantaloupes anyway.
