tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224040476243998010.post5758524809589550319..comments2023-09-29T10:02:26.605-04:00Comments on Modern Christian Homestead: I started too early!Cyndi Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794693752183307243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224040476243998010.post-44025746333088602372008-05-31T10:42:00.000-04:002008-05-31T10:42:00.000-04:00Sorry about your tomato plants, We had planted our...Sorry about your tomato plants, We had planted ours about the same time but ours were a lot smaller. I save up milk jugs and cut the bottoms out (and the caps removed)to use as mini greenhouses until Memorial day. I go out and take them off if its a warm sunny day. I have planted a few times plants of your size but not until after the 30th to be safe. I still have the plants outside but I create a greenhouse for them each night (bad nights I will actually light a long burning candle in the greenhouse).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224040476243998010.post-8970365224204890992008-05-20T17:32:00.000-04:002008-05-20T17:32:00.000-04:00Oh I hate frost! This is the first year we've have...Oh I hate frost! This is the first year we've haven't lost anything to the frost. Usually our fruit trees, which are obviously too big to cover, pay the price. Did you know that springtime frost actually occurs in the early morning hours (like 3 a.m. or later) so you're better off covering even if it is after dark? (We've covered as late as 11:30 p.m. - after the late news.) The plants won't have as much warmth as if you've covered them at sunset but they'll still be better off than with no cover at all. =)Kara S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11820990333568650565noreply@blogger.com