The official Status Update thread #209....So this is spring...???

[GregD]

Hi Sig

 

[mom45]

We are showing 30's at night thru Tuesday night...might be okay after that. I rarely plant my garden before Memorial day weekend as we have had freezes take everything out a couple of times when planting earlier.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

We are showing 30's at night thru Tuesday night...might be okay after that. I rarely plant my garden before Memorial day weekend as we have had freezes take everything out a couple of times when planting earlier.

I think you're in the next agricultural "zone" from us up there, so that makes sense.

 

[mom45]

I think you're in the next agricultural "zone" from us up there, so that makes sense.

I always thought we were in 5b but the maps all show us in 5a.

https://www.arborrangers.com/usda-plant-hardiness-zone-map-indiana/

 

[red_zr24x4]

Steak, morels, and buttered noodles tonight

 

[red_zr24x4]

waiting on the noodles

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I always thought we were in 5b but the maps all show us in 5a.

https://www.arborrangers.com/usda-plant-hardiness-zone-map-indiana/

Weird how "irregular" that map is. You'd think it would be mostly arranged from north to south, but it kind of jumps around a bit. Like with Laporte, St. Joe and Elkhart counties being in zone 5b. Guessing it has to do with the influence of Lake Michigan or something.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Howdy red!

"I'm not waiting on a lady... I'm just waiting on the noodles." - Rolling Stones

 

[churchmouse]

CKW made me a surprise. I am excited.

 

[1775usmarine]

Evening all. Spent a good 4hrs depriming a 5gal bucket of brass I paid $5 for. If I were to sell it all would end up making at leasr $60.

 

[mom45]

Weird how "irregular" that map is. You'd think it would be mostly arranged from north to south, but it kind of jumps around a bit. Like with Laporte, St. Joe and Elkhart counties being in zone 5b. Guessing it has to do with the influence of Lake Michigan or something.

The lake provides somewhat of a buffer if the water stays warmer than the air...lake effect is also why those areas get slammed with snow. We tend to be on the edge of that so sometimes it helps and other times not so much. I'm pretty sure our fruit trees will be bare again this year after the night before last. Apple blossoms had all just opened. 20 degrees will completely wipe them out.

 

[churchmouse]

166K...…...

 

[rkwhyte2]

166K...…...

Geez I'm never gonna catch up.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Howdy 1775!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The lake provides somewhat of a buffer if the water stays warmer than the air...lake effect is also why those areas get slammed with snow. We tend to be on the edge of that so sometimes it helps and other times not so much. I'm pretty sure our fruit trees will be bare again this year after the night before last. Apple blossoms had all just opened. 20 degrees will completely wipe them out.

Yeah, seems like it could be a boon or a curse (the lake). I don't have any fruit trees but I'm afraid my wisteria vine/bush may not bloom this year. We started it from some we found growing wild on an old homestead down at Lake Monroe that was abandoned when they flooded the area to make the lake. It was full of buds too.

 

[mom45]

My white crabapple behind the tree just really opened up the other day. Today, I noticed most of the blossoms are brown from being frozen.

 

[GregD]

Evening

 

[DoggyDaddy]

My white crabapple behind the tree just really opened up the other day. Today, I noticed most of the blossoms are brown from being frozen.

I even had some of my hostas get nipped. That has NEVER happened before in the 40 years or so that I've been growing hostas. They're hostas, so they'll be fine, but I'd never seen one actually be hurt by a frost/freeze before.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Evenin' Greg!

 

[mom45]

I had hostas and some other perennials hit but they'll come back.

I need to go grill those chops. 40 degrees and windy is not making me even want to light the grill but it will only take a few minutes to cook them so I better get to it.