Author Topic: First frost of the year! (Read 8246 times)

G3farms · « **on:** October 19, 2015, 09:32:14 am »

We had our first frost of the year last night. Not really a killing frost but a good one on the roof tops and car windows.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2015, 09:52:56 am »

Yep, we had frost the nights of the 17th and 18th here... :'(

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2015, 11:11:44 am »

Heard NY had some of that white crap the other day. Hey perry are you ready up there?

Jack

G3farms · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2015, 11:37:22 am »

Perry is probably out shoveling snow by now.

iddee · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2015, 02:19:53 pm »

Frost here yesterday. Heavy frost this morning. Looked like light snow on the ground.

Perry · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2015, 02:48:05 pm »

We had flakes falling yesterday, just enough to say it did.

efmesch · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2015, 03:50:34 pm »

FROST! Gosh. I'm in shock. Here the lowest we've seen since the real heat of sumer (on Oct. 16th) was a brief spate of 16.9^o C. (=62.4^o F).
I wonder if we'll see frost on my lawn this winter.

riverbee · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:19:16 am »

like scott, frost over the weekend. it was chilly, now into a little warm up, 75 yesterday, 65 today, mild temps.

Riverrat · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2015, 05:05:54 pm »

no frost here yet and looks like it might be awhile with the forecast. Although its supposed to get down in the 40's tonight. I haven't even put on a jacket yet and most leaves are still green on the trees. Very unusual fall this year

Newbee · « **Reply #9 on:** October 25, 2015, 08:10:21 am »

Quote from: brooksbeefarm on October 19, 2015, 11:11:44 am

Heard NY had some of that white crap the other day.

Wife was kind enough to share all the face-book posts from folks back home in Rochester... Nothing to shovel yet, but... I've still got my shorts and T-shirts out, Woo Hoo!!!!

- K

iddee · « **Reply #10 on:** October 25, 2015, 08:51:06 am »

I'm freezing. It's down to 59 F.

lazy shooter · « **Reply #11 on:** October 25, 2015, 08:57:46 am »

It is 53 degrees F here today. We are still having our Indian summer.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2015, 09:02:08 am »

Here it is the 25 of OCT. and know frost YET??? I don't ever remember going into Oct. this long without frost? I guess i'd better get the sweet potato's out of the ground, we've had a dry spell and i've been waiting for a rain to soften the ground so i could dig them. I planted them in hills but the ground is so hard i can't get a potato fork in under them. Jack

apisbees · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2015, 01:05:38 pm »

On the farm the father in law would cover the rows of potatos with bails of straw then dig them as needed through out the winter. nothing like fresh, crisp, just dug potatos in January.
would this work for sweet potatos?

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2015, 02:34:20 pm »

Don't know apis, may have to try it on a few hills? It probably gets colder up there than where i'm at, so it might work? The wife is busy raking leaves so i don't think she will get to the sweet potato's before it frost, so she will be happy to try it.

Jack

Jen · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2015, 02:48:01 pm »

Even here in sunny California had frost yesterday morning. The maples and birches are almost done dropping their leaves. I'm starting to feel like this...

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2015, 07:30:29 pm »

Quote from: brooksbeefarm on October 25, 2015, 09:02:08 am

, we've had a dry spell and i've been waiting for a rain to soften the ground so i could dig them. the ground is so hard i can't get a potato fork in under them. Jack

Hard ground around here for sure! I ordered elderberry bushes and they came dormant this week. I have to admit that the locations I planted them were determined by where I could get a shovel in the ground.

apisbees · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2015, 12:59:05 am »

Quote from: brooksbeefarm on October 25, 2015, 02:34:20 pm

Don't know apis, may have to try it on a few hills? It probably gets colder up there than where i'm at, so it might work? The wife is busy raking leaves so i don't think she will get to the sweet potato's before it frost, so she will be happy to try it. Jack

I'm in one of the warmer areas in Canada, a valley bottom at just over 100 ft in elevation with over 100 miles of lakes. we have a lot of days with valley fog and low clouds trapping the heat in the valley. In the winter we don't get to many sunny days but we only get temps down to -4 F for maybe 14 days the reat of the winter the temps range from 20 to 40 deg F.
He also covered what was left of the rows of carrots. It is just like berrying them in the root seller.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2015, 10:27:34 am »

We use to dig a hole for turnip and cover them with straw and dirt, just never gave a thought about doing that to sweet potato's? Jack

apisbees · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2015, 01:55:09 pm »

yes I know about digging a hole but why when a few straw bails are so cheap and just lay them on top of the row to keep the frost out. In the spring till some of the straw into the soil and use the rest for mulch around the plants.