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From faithful commentor Max:
Slow Exit of the Midwest’s Winter Buries Gardens in a Deep Freeze During what would typically be the busiest week of the year at garden centers in anticipation of Mother’s Day, some customers who have showed up there were frantic, sharing tales of woe about backyard gardens that have been decimated by the cold winter, asking for remedies from staff members & questioning why some new plants are not available, as they have been in previous years…
Tell me about it. 3-4 weeks ago I snagged a tomato plant, planted it (in a pot), left it out overnight, the overnight low bottomed at 37 (as I expected) and the plant got frost damage. So I moved it inside, and continued watched the weather looking for a last freeze. A week ago, it was in the 50’s and 60’s, yesterday it was 89, today it’s raining and much cooler. Whee!
The dwarf Coreopis, now (finally!) planted in the (finally finished!) raised bed is taking off.