Life after the Artic Blast

We had an arctic blast to come through last week. It arrived earlier than the last five years and stayed much longer. Although I covered some of the plants, it was not good enough. Lessons learned and next year will be much different coverage.

After a brief walk through yesterday, I found it very interesting as to what survived. I’m not a bit surprised of the plants that bit the dust.

The oregano is thriving, whereas the green bell peppers are history.

Still growing strong are the dill plants next to the spent tomatoes.

The 24 and 26 degrees didn’t seem to phase the mums and asparagus. And, of course, the collards loved the cold snap!

As last week went, this week is another busy time so the garden is on hold.

I’m anxious, however, to get it cleaned up. Maybe Friday I can get out there and chop things into little pieces, dig a trench, then place the goodies down to compost in place. The collards have proven lasagna style gardening works amazingly well.

After checking the 10-day forecast, I so wish I could tend to the garden today... high expected to be 80 and sunny! Oh well. It is what it is. Friday’s predicted high is only 56 degrees with a 30% chance of rain.

But it is Texas so who knows until the weather actually happens!