Weekend frost seemed to have bypassed, and the fruit trees should be fine

To Frost or Not to Frost?

Well, the weekend temperatures were down for sure.  I had family in Lubbock with snow in the ground (informed via text-by-text updates)  and I had family and friends in the Dallas/Ft. Wort area with ice and rain.  I even had Austin reports of hail and thunderstorms.  However, we had a very mild and in between weekend.    It was cold, windy and bizarrely sunny.  My gardening solution was  the “be safe than sorry” stick everything inside the garage approach.  I kept track of the garage temperature and it got as low as 38 inside.  Thankfully, I chose the container route this year and everything should make it fine as long as I can fight the rabbits and ground squirrels that have seemed to flourish in the last few years.  Mainly, since the farm across the way took government subsidies for letting the land go natural.  Understandable and noble, but a pain in the <beep> for us fighting the critters.  Anyway……

The mud finches have returned, another signal that spring is here to stay. So the time is approaching for some serious gardening and flower planting!  I’m getting very excited.   In the mean time….. This last week I made observations on the blooming status of already established plants are a Go, Go, Go.  Below is a pic of the rose tree that I severely trimmed a few weeks ago,  It is out of hibernation and ready to thrive.

This week, I am removing everything out of the garage and finding somewhere permanent to place the veggie babies in a safe protective place out of the wind.  This will probably be the back patio.   I have already observed that the wind might be my major battle this year.

Tomato babies in a different light.  safe and sound in the garage.

Let me know if any of you had any serious weather issues this weekend and what your solutions were to protect any plants you are growing were.