Thanks to Mary Ann Newcomer, the Dirt Diva of Boise, ID, for mentioning our post about the difference between a frost and a freeze on her radio spot.
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Hard Freeze, But No Frost: What Gives?
March 27, 2012 – Posted in: FAQ, WeatherVery early this morning, the temperature bottomed out at 18F, so my max-min thermometer tells me. And yet, when I looked out my window, there was not a speck of frost on the grass. If I hadn't consulted the thermometer, I would have thought it was a lovely spring day out there. (The grass has [...]
Frost: The Least You Need to Know
October 6, 2010 – Posted in: FAQ, Recommended LinksStumbled across a link to an excellent synopsis of frost and its effects via @urbangarden. If you don't have a copy of A Gardener's Guide to Frost, this is the next best thing.
A Gardener’s Guide to Frost–Bargain Price!
September 27, 2010 – Posted in: Book reviewsLee Valley is selling remaindered copies of A Gardener's Guide to Frost: Outwit the Weather and Extend the Spring and Fall Seasons for only $7. This has got to be the best book for cold climate gardeners that I've read, but hardly anyone seems to know about it. (Read my review of A Gardener's Guide [...]
I Hate These Kind of Plants
May 10, 2010 – Posted in: Hydrangeas, Native/Invasive, WeatherI hate the plants that can survive a cold winter but can't take a hard spring frost. It is so aggravating! The problem is they emerge too early from dormancy for their own good. I'm talking about: 'Endless Summer' hydrangea. It will get through a USDA Zone 4 winter but break into leaf long before [...]
If You Can’t Take the Frost,
Get Out of the Garden
April 20, 2010
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FAQ,
Plant info,
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Don't get me wrong--I love snowdrops, winter aconites, crocus and all the very earliest bloomers that signal the end of winter's dominion. But here in the land of late and unseemly freezes, plants that emerge later have the advantage. Those poor 'Black Beauty' lilies in the photo above were seduced by the atypical but not [...]
What’s the Difference Between a Frost and a Freeze?
October 11, 2009 – Posted in: FAQ, WeatherLast night the National Weather Service issued a frost advisory for our area, and we did indeed get a frost. They are issuing a freeze warning for tonight. What's the difference? I contacted a member of the local weather station staff. He told me that Both [the frost advisory and the freeze warning] are only [...]
Light First Frost of Autumn 2009
September 19, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, WeatherI saw frost in shady lawn this a.m., but coleus, cosmos, dahlias all look fine. Just that one spot, I guess.
What Happens to Plants After an Untimely Freeze Part 2
June 1, 2009 – Posted in: FAQ, WeatherIn Part 1 I mentioned the two hard frosts and a freeze we had recently, all of them rather later in the season than is typical. I illustrated how different species in the same genus reacted to the freeze differently, and also gave examples of plants that were damaged even though they were protected. Sometimes [...]
What happens to plants after an untimely freeze? Part 1
May 27, 2009 – Posted in: FAQ, WeatherPart of what makes my cold climate garden cold is the fact that we live in the bottom of a valley, and cold air flows downhill and settles all around us. So however cold the weatherman predicts it will get, it's usually colder here. Often, ten degrees colder. For example, on May 12th, when a [...]
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