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End of the Season and Snow
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Posted by jrslick KS/5 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 17, 09 at 17:00
| On Sunday night/Monday morning, I was forced to end my season extension and end most of my gardening season. We were right on the line between getting heavy snow and getting none/very little. I swept off the building at 1:30 am and then again at 2:30 and the snow was falling fast! Not regular snow, 7-11 slushy snow. It was wet and heavy. Keep in mind the temperature was 35 degrees outside. It never got below freezing. Strange, this was a new one on me.
Well I decided instead of getting up every hour to sweep and knock off snow, I would just pull the plastic off. Very hard decision at 2:30 in the morning, during a snowstorm and by yourself. Well it was that or pay to replace everything that the snow would break. so, I got out the drill and took all the screws out of the furring strips and man-handled the plastic, snow and sweat over and tied it down to the other side. It actually was easier than I had planned, so that was nice. But it was very sad to have to bring everything to an end. If this was the spring, I would have done the opposite and fought hard, but it wasn't worth it. I had a great season.
Final thought, 5 miles or less south of my house, less than an inch of snow. 5 miles north of us, 5 plus inches of snow up to a 10-12 inches 30 miles north. We ended up with around 3-4 inches. It snowed all the next day too. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Eager to start up again next year and do it all again!
hoop building with plastic on the side
Open side of building
Snowy Tomatoes
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RE: End of the Season and Snow
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| What all did you have inside? |
RE: End of the Season and Snow
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| Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Peppers, Spinach, lettuce Check out the link at the bottom, this is what it looked like 3 days before the snow. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Before Pictures
RE: End of the Season and Snow
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| Did the plants inside die? Perhaps you could put the plastic back up and save them still.? They look quite alive. |
RE: End of the Season and Snow
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| I wonder if you could save them...especially if it gets sunny and warm again quickly? The extended forecast doesn't really show much cold air getting down this way until at least early Dec... Sorry to hear you had to do that... |
RE: End of the Season and Snow
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| Well they did die. I was not going to go through the work of putting it back on, by myself in the dark again. Those pictures were taken at 7:15 the morning after I removed the plastic. That night we had a frost. That did them in. Frank: I agree with you, no real cold snap in the future. I bet I could have made it until December! That would have been just crazy! Jay |
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