If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 My Garden Was Tested 2:19 This Is How Bad Things Got 3:40 My Cold Protection Methods 7:36 How My Older Fruit Trees Fared 10:29 How My Young Fruit Trees Fared 13:41 How My Winter Garden Fared 17:22 My Cold Damage Theory 19:22 Adventures With Dale
I use cheap bedsheets from the Goodwill store, and put a clear polyethylene dropcloth over the sheets when it is going to rain. That combo gives quite good protection. I also use water jugs (up to 2 gallons/8 liters) under the sheets (against the plants) when it is going to get really cold. But for prolonged cold, I swap out the jugs every day. No need for giant water containers! As for the back corner of your yard being too distant for running lights, you can easily make your own extension cords hundreds of feet long, using spooled wire, plugs and outlets from Lowes or Home Depot. If you are not comfortable with doing that wiring yourself, you can get a local electrician to do it or I can do it for you. I live about a 1-hour drive away from you. @TheMillennialGardener
@@pdxmusl1510 Yup, bunch of priviledged nrcisists trying to have control over everything. My grandparents purchased a home in Upstate NY back in the 60's or so, and it was my mother's summer home as a child. I ende dup living there as a child about 28 to 20 years ago. Then moved back in 2017-2018. A new guy joined the neighborhood and became part of the HOA. Our old neighbors mentioned that the neighbors next to me had animal traps and the son apparently shot an animal with a rifle or something which wasn't allowed. These people were old and weird, and the son lived down the road. The people next door were originally friends of my grandparnets who were also original owners I believe, or had been there for many many years. Very sad to see how it changed. Then I find out the son was this HOA guy... Because one time A bear came to my front yard and got into the garbage and made a mess. The guy came over, knocked on my door and said "I'm the HOA, I just want to let you know a bear got into your garbage, and you're supposed to have the bins in the back." I idnd't really register "HOA" as I thought i twas some environmental agency speaking about hte bear... Then I realized he was part of the home owners asociation. My garbage bins were in the front of my home sinc eI was a child. To be fair, they were about 10 feet to the left originally, behind a bush.. The rule was apparently ou're not allowed to have cans on the front, only side/back, unless you have one of those covered bin things to put the garbage bins in... So dumb.. Wtf is that? I didn't argue back, and then the guy went to mow the lawn, which made me realize he was the son.... I believe i told my parents, and I idnd't pursue it, but I SHOuld have ad them talk to the head of the HOA, was were childhood friends of mine and my brothers (even though our families had a falling out, because of their son who was my brother's friend who was a weirdo and angry/stubborn kid). It's just crazy how these people come on it, and take over... I didn't even know this guy, he wasn't around when i was a kid. It sucks how much that neighborhood changed... Unfortuantely, my mother sold the house last? year... It's really sad. We were one of the only people who were oriignal owners, and I really oved that house even though it wasn't in the best area as the area went downhill. But I thought it would stay in my family... Very sad. The house changed os much though, so many repairs and chanes.
@@pdxmusl1510 To be honest, that's a lot easier said than done... 30% of homes in the US are in an HOA, and 66% of all new homes built are in an HOA. The supply of vacant homes without an HOA is a fair deal lower than those with, making it much more difficult, time consuming, and expensive to avoid an HOA, not to mention that a new HOA can be formed where you live.
Great job on fighting mother nature! SE Texas here. I put all my citrus in the ground last spring. Haven’t had to cover yet but do have lights on them. I’m told they won’t survive a hard freeze but like you I’m determined! Blessings!
I'm in SE Texas on the Gulf Coast. I had a Meyer Lemon for over 20 years. It did fine until the "Snowmageddon" in 2021. I usually covered it with sheets.
I'm in Michigan. I've never tried it in the garden, but I cut and stick the big bubble wrap to our interior window panes. Crazy what a difference it makes!
I have dual Mylar foam insulation which I have used on my greenhouse on the South side of my house. It got down to 11 degrees Fahrenheit outside on February 11 ,2024 in Tacoma Washington State. However inside of my hybrid grow light greenhouse I also was running lots of LED grow lights which do produce a lot of heat in addition to a meager 500 watt electric heater . My greenhouse was 16 feet long by 6 feet wide and 8 feet tall. It also had a thick tarp on the top of it as well. It never froze at all. My small 6 foot wide 6 foot deep and 8 foot tall Lemon Tree greenhouse on the other side I also put Mylar insulation on it with a tarp wrapped around it. No frost damage as well and I got around a hundred ripe lemons off of it last year. My bigger greenhouse I have now doubled it in size to now 32 feet long from its original 16 feet long dimension. I do have more powerful heaters in case I need them but that insulation works very well on days of very cold freezing weather. It also saves me on heating costs as well.
You are completely right about using the row-covers to protect from the cold nights. I’m glad to learn the most of your plants did really well despite this long lasting cold weather. Mr. Dale has very short hair that I’m sure he gets cold at night. That’s cute he wears his pajama at night. I’ve always used felt sweater and blankets for my Jack Russells during the winter.
Good Luck this winter. You could get a solar gnerator or battery bank to run the incandecent lights in the far back yard. I am prepped to do that if we get in to the 40's this season in south florida; my mangosteen would be toast. It does not like it below 60.
I wish we could trade some of summer's hellish warmth to take the edge off the coldest winter months. Stupid extremes. I'm glad your plants came through!!!
Congratulations, thanks to your covering, your lights, the water containers you made it. Even if you have to double cover them, it is worst it. Here in central Florida I do cover my dwarf tree too when temperature go on the 27 to 29 degrees. Is a lot of work but I am happy when I uncovered them and see they still alive.
Whenever you do multiple layers of protection, allowing airspace between layers can help. Large bubble size bubble wrap can work. What about battery operated Christmas lights (use rechargeable batteries). If you have a plant with little foliage at the base and mostly at the top, try a BBQ briquette or two in a metal pan on the ground. Embers should burn quite awhile, with heat rising. Just don't catch your coverings on fire.
My first winter garden in north central Arkansas. Enjoying chard and kale so far👍🏼carrots, baby spinach and baby beets are still alive, so far. Using hoops and ground cover overhead. Thanks!
I lost my grapefruit and all of my palm trees to the Texas deep freeze nearly four years ago. It was especially heartbreaking for the grapefruit because it did produce yummy fruit every now and then.
I'm in Columbus georgia and got the same cold front. I am growing Broccoli and cauliflower for the first time. Covering them paid off and they survived the earliest cold snap we have had in many years.
My avocados have been able to slug it out so far. I'm about 250 miles north-northwest from MG. Lila and Mexicola in ground, with C7 lighting. But all of my potted trees, I've been moving into my shed or house when it's below 30F.
If it's going to get really cold, use thick plastic. 6mm or larger for your area. I can get away with a 4mm, here in north Florida. But it does a great job of keeping humidity and heat from escaping. As you know, humidity will keep the air warm and make it feel warmer. The plastic might do better on the back row that's away from the house.
I live in Leland NC I had to add plastic over my row covers. Gives it a greenhouse effect. I open the ends during the day but make sure to close them about an hour before the sun passes to warm up the beds a little more before tucking them in for the night.
For 1 tree: get 4 pvc pipes, a cross connecton and four 2-3 feet stakes. Connect the pipes like a cross, drive stakes in the ground, insert pipes in the stakes and boom, you have a dome. You can make another one, ant turn it 45°, for extra stability. With this dome, the leaves won't toch a cover and won't get damaged (like if you just throw a cover on a tree). Then put your heating stuff ( heating cable/christmas lights, hot water) inside. Also check out survival videos for a heating device out of crisco, a candle and clay pots. Check several videos, there are variations, I like the one with 3-4 pots staked together. Great stuff!
So glad majority of plants came through with flying colors. I had to laugh at Dale's face when you asked how ge got out of the PJ's. He looked outside, then looked like, " who me, I didn't touch them. So funny. Maybe he got hot during the night. 😂
So in other words, routine early winter temperatures for my area (Arkansas Ozarks). Of course, I don't have citrus. My figs have been bent to the ground and buried under mulch for a few weeks now, though. About a third of the garden is still planted, though the green onions are the only things I currently have planted that will produce through the winter. It's worth mentioning that winter storm Uri didn't just affect Texas. That's just where the big news was. Here it got to a record -20F, and I'll still be paying for the storm on my gas bill for a couple more years.
We regularly get low single digits in central Louisiana so I have to have a plan in place for sudden surprises. We saw 3 degrees in February 2021, 0 degrees in mid December 2022 with 50 mph gusts and well below freezing for a week and below 0 wind chill, and 6 degrees last winter. We get late frosts around Easter and had 4 inches of snow on April 1 one year. Wireless thermometers can be used to monitor real temps under fruit tree coverings and higher wattage LED bulbs, tarps, portable power supplies, electric blankets, buckets and immersion water heaters and even propane patio heaters are in my freeze kit.
I'm in 8b in SC. I covered my radicchio thankfully it looks good. Forgot to cover my Brussels one night and lost two. I hopeful the remaining three will be success. My purple cabbage had one fatality the green seems to have done better.
Row covers are great. It was 10 degrees warmer inside. Bush beans loved it. Was still harvesting in Mid October. Zone 6b. Question. How many degrees warmer was the double covers? Love your plants and they will love you back even more. Thanks for this video.
I spent the day making hoops for my raised beds and I live in zone 9b, low AZ desert. Our infrequent 32 ° and below mornings will be coming soon. I will be ready.
I live in Phoenix and we have a orange tree in our backyard, when i first had an orange from the tree it was so sweet and made some of rhe best OJ i have ever had that i never bought another any citrus from the grocery store ever since, we almost have a neighbor who has grapefruit growing in his backyard that he always lets us harvest
I enjoyed the video very much. I can't believe you have such a wonderful garden. It's absolutely amazing. I'm glad you showed the areal view of the yard and garden. I've been watching you for a while and have been curious as to how you have it laid out. I currently have four raised beds. In the next few months I plan to add eighteen new ones. I've been trying to figure out how to lay them out. I have a much better idea of it now. Thanks for showing me yours.
I know her--she showed up here, too--two winters in a row! The first time, I thought I would be able to save my brassicas--nope. It was like 7 degrees for days. They froze and turned to mush and rotted--smelled terrible when I took the frost blankets off. My Rosemary plant that I had for years perished. Last year, I harvested all the broccoli an cauliflower before it happened again because I knew we didn't stand a chance. This year, I planted earlier--but if that B shows back up this winter, I will harvest everything an do my best. The cabbages actually came back from mush and little multiple cabbage heads formed on the plants--one had 5 heads on it by spring. I don't know how they made a comback, because everything above ground was totally mush. I left the roots in the ground and was shocked they survived. I would like to plant some citrus trees like you have. I have a brick wall of my house that gets sun all day long and would like to plant near the house. We are in 8b in Southwest Arkansas. I love the winter garden!
I’ve delivered mail in -16 with wind chill -36. Zone 7a. I really worry about putting in trees rated for my area and we get one of those once every 5-10 year freezes like that. When they come those last a good week or more with temps with highs in the single digits.
i live in central texas where winter is usually mild, last night, there was a brief temperature dip, which went down to 35 degrees for a couple of hours, and it wiped out most of my summer crops, including watermelons, eggplants, peppers and basils. 😭
Summer crops are very fragile, especially cucurbits. Cucurbits start dying under 50F. They're very tropical. Tomatoes and peppers are tough. As long as you keep the frosts off them, they bounce back. They take take upper 30's for a couple hours as long as it warms back up in the daytime.
Light Freezes in central Texas don't do much damage, I live in same area as you and it went down to 29 in my backyard, no damage, I even saw the frost. It only matters once every 4 years when it goes below 25
Interesting on the watermelons. I've had the vines wiped out by frost, but gone out a few weeks later after several frosts, noticed a ripe melon, and found it was just fine.
Ya.. 😢😢😢😢.. as a Canadian who is trying to grow passion fruit vines in zone 5, southern Ontario.. I can relate to your frustrations with lingering cold from Canada's north... 😳🙄 This growing season, every full moon over the summer, we dropped off to 5°C (40°F)... Not good for passion vines, peppers, beans, tomatoes.. ).. Ya, I call Mother Nature bad names some times.. I'll be praying for ya.. 😊😊 & Yes, my 2 vines are in 5gal planters that I brought inside to over winter. I expect they will loose all leaves & look quite dead by mid Jan, from the lack of sunlight. My 1st attempt to grow passion flowers a few years ago, did regrow the next spring, but it was the summer of neverending wildfire smoke that made the poor plant fail. So, I took about 9 cuttings & managed to get 5 vines to grow this spring. I have 2 friends who took 3 of them.. It will be interesting to see if these plants survive & grow again outside, next summer. ❤
I was out of town for the entire stretch - 10 days, I have an ice cream banana and several potted avocado/citrus plants. The ice cream will make it but die back to the ground but im trying to keep it tall to get some fruit out of it, however it dies at like 40 degrees vs the others in the 30s, however with about 3 strands of incandescent lights and a REAALLY tall blanket, it made it, outside temp lows were 19 over the course, and it never went below 42 in the plant tents.
I envy you, for me those are normal December temperatures which is why I can't grow fig or citrus, here it's normal for temperature to go below -20 C once or twice every winter.
Ive always wondered... if you want to go on a trip... how do you manage that? Do you have someone who does these things for you or do you have to cancel a trip?
I really wish I could grow citrus 😢 But where I live in Sweden we often get down to 25 degrees Celsius in the winter. Last winter we had -28 degrees for 5 days straight. Nothing survived that.
It is good you understand about the prolong deep cold, and what it can do to whatever you are growing, so this is what Canada is like in the winter season. There are a lot of cold days in Canada. In the month of December it is COLD outside, so a lot of Canadians are properly dressed for the month of December such as wearing a warm coat, and gloves. I think most of Canada is not cold all year round, but it is just for 1 season, and in this 1 season growing in Canada is more difficult in my opinion. Regarding myself even though I am now able to protect what I grow to a certain degree based on what I have with me well I will not start planting, and trying to grow until it warms up outside, so that would be in 2025.
Yep 😢. I think a cold frame could extend the growing season here in Southern Ontario for brassicas and leafy greens, but beyond that everything else gets sniped usually by December.
@@nickzivs I assume you understand that lack of sunshine, and it being f**king cold outside in the winter, and in Ontario will not do much justice for growing. From what I can remember from my childhood growing certain types of food is fine in Ontario without any protection, but there are certain type of plants, and tress that require protection to try to extend the growing season. Anyway I am going to wait until next year to start growing leafy greens.
Our(eastern europe and central europe) winter weather, moved to you in USA. We had big and cold winters and now they are gone, from few years ago this will be probably the same soft weather too, with 1 week with -10-15 Celsius, and the rest of the winter will be around 0. And these snowy cold winters moved to USA you there don't have such cold winters usually. I remember 120cm. snow 10 years ago, and now snow barely stay on the ground :D :)
have you considered building a miniature greenhouse along that side of the house? That way you could allow maximum sunlight - and those tropical or semi-tropical plants NEED their sunlight - as well as provide some thermal barriers like water barrels. It would make electrical heating also feasible. A lot of work, but could be done fairly cheaply. And perhaps it could be made in a way that can easily be undone in the Spring, with some ingenuity.
I am not too far from you near Dunn, NC. Our coldest temps here in the recent cold spell were 20 degrees on the morning of 12/4/24 and 19 degrees on 12/7/24. I have a couple of loquat trees and pineapple guava planted in-ground with no protection at all and so far they show no damage. I also have a Changsha mandarin and a 10 degree tangerine planted in ground that are showing no signs of damage either, I did protect them with water barrels and frost jackets but that was probably more protection than they needed. My data shows that it was a bit colder here in my area in December 2022 than now, especially during the period of 12/23/22 thru 12/29/2022. During that period it was only above freezing for a few hours on 12/25/22 and again for a a little longer on 12/27/22, the coldest temp at that time was on 12/24/22 when it was 11 degrees at 7am.
UGH. Sorry to hear that. It's not supposed to be this cold this early. I've never seen cold like this so early down here. Looks like another big cold shot is coming next week, too, just in time for Christmas.
@TheMillennialGardener YOU ARE AMAZING! 😅 Here in NE PA, we have been having teens and 20s at night and barely into the 30s during the day! I lost my heat inside... I've been surviving under blankets myself... and a small heater in my basement to try to keep the pipes warm-ish so they don't burst! I don't know how anybody or ANYTHING would survive outside! I felt pretty confident about your citrus as I'd seen the video with the citrus and lights/covers. And thought that with the extra layers and weights placed that they would surely fare well. What MOST surprised me is that your VEGGIES withstood all that cold "barely covered" without any sources of heat! 😮😮😮😅 You nearly inspired me to run outside and try to start planting RIGHT NOW IN THE DARK IN 20* TEMPS 😂😂😂 Seriously tho! I may be inspired to get planting seeds inside once my heat is fixed! I don't typically start most stuff til March or April.
I live in the charotte area. All my vetables look like they need some help. The only one that looks good is the bok choy. I tried to cover them, but they wind blow off.
According to an independent earth scientist, we have been in a warming phase for the last 100 years. Based on history averages and core drilling evidence. we are now heading into a cooling phase that will probably last 75 to 150 years. As gardeners, we need to know this so we can adjust our growing season and plants to meet the new norms that will be our future. I'm in zone 7B less than 10 miles from the zone 8 line. For 30 years I've grown plants and trees that are zone 8 and above but in future I'll be adding plants and trees that are safe down to zone 5 or 6. I hope that will make my garden prolific.
You can do solar near the back of your property. You need one battery, one inverter, one solar charger, and one solar panel. You can do the whole thing for less than or around $500.00. This simple setup would easily run your lights all night at the back of your yard...
Solar cannot run these incandescent lights. They are 175W/strand. I currently am using 7 strings over 4 trees. That is 1,225 watt-hrs, times 12 hours of darkness this time of year, for a total of 14.7kW-hrs per day. You can't charge that daily with weak winter sun that's only up in the sky for 5-6 hrs a day, and that's if you're blessed with perfectly clear skies. Solar is too unreliable, and it can cost you your trees.
@@TheMillennialGardener I was thinking covers on. I can't imagine you would need anywhere near 1,200 watts with the covers on. Maybe only 10 percent of that. And, by the way, my trees have taken a beating here, too. I'm between Branford and Bell near your soon to be neighborhood...
Solar water heater/bladder? Everyone has ideas but looks like what U do is working fine. A lot of work though. Good thing your still young. Here's an idea. Get your a$$ to Fla. What are your plans for all those trees when U move?
lol i thought them HOAs got you 😂💀..yes i underestimated our lil cool snap night but I’m guessing with the wind chill, it almost put my garden in its final resting place 🤦🏾
I was worried HOA was coming for you! Mother Nature might be more forgiving. Could you please share the names of your cold hardy fruit trees? I want to start planting some fruit trees this coming year. I’m in central NC.
Do you use flannel, percale cotton, microfiber? Does it matter which one? Good repurposing of fitted sheets! I have to review your avocado videos. I'm planning on getting at least one avocado tree and seem to remember that the Stewart one is the most cold tolerant.
It would likely fry the trees during the day, and the trees don't absorb the heat, so there would be no real benefit. As soon as the sun sets, all heat is lost unless you use something like a water barrel. Water is an incredible conductor of heat thanks to its high specific heat value.
if i was you id add another layer of clear farm tunnel material and over that or under it add a layer of those Christmas light that are a even blanket of lights that are wrapping bushes and shrubs in .
Wait you can't leave the frost coats on them for more than 5 days. I just put 15 big ones on my trees and expected to keep them on all winter. They are not evergreens
I wonder if there are any Phase Change Material (PCM) products that can be used to supplement those water barrels. Maybe something you could actively "load up" and place on top or inside the barrels or something. Might be too much work though or too expensive.
Plain water is already the ultimate _and cheapest_ Phase Change Material. Under a cover with the plants, the temperature cannot drop below about 30°F until all the water freezes. Just make sure your containers are not too smooth inside. Adding a small piece of broken crockery to the water will insure the water does indeed start to freeze at 32°F, by preventing the _supercooled liquid state._
@@YodaWhat While that's true in general, in a mass as large as a barrel the water on the outside will freeze first and insulate the interior so that the temperature can drop near the barrel long before the water is all frozen. A small circulating pump would help, or some bottom heat with convection doing the circulation.
You don't like tangy citrus? I'm nervous about getting sweet citrus varieties because they usually taste boring from the supermarket whereas the tangy ones are more flavorful.
Dude I am in Charlotte North Carolina and you are the closest to simular I have so I keep up with you. I use the plastic clear on top and make it through the winter here so far for the past 5 years. But I am dying to grow one of the orange trees. I cannot put it in ground I don't have those options but I do have a small Greenhouse so if I put one in a pot a big pot what kind should I grow that will stay small but give me some kick butt orange taste?
"Cold-hardy" in mango terms is being able to grow them close to freezing... Zone 9A or so. Even in 9B they can be fussy trees to keep healthy. I think it's too ambitious to grow one in zone 8 unless it's in a greenhouse.
Aww man. I have a small one in ground and I didn’t protect it. It appears unaffected from 19°F. I hear they’re good to about 10°F or so, at least when older.
@TheMillennialGardener Mine took down to single digits since I planted it in 2004. Below 0 everything above ground died. It is trying to grow back from roots but recovering a 15 foot tree will take a long time.
What type of orange are you growing in the back corner? (The one you ate) I’m not too far from you located around Jacksonville and I’m looking for some good citrus to grow this year
Too far from your house for electricity? You realize they sell extension cords right? I’m in nc west of you. I have two satsumas and a Meyer lemon I planted in the ground in the spring. The c9 bulbs, black barrels, and frost protection have protected mine through all this. We had heavy frost last night. No fruit on my trees this year but trees themselves seem to be fine.
Brand new to gardening.. I'm wondering if it's possible to use a fire pit to heat some fairly good-sized rocks and put under the covers at night.. again... I have no idea.. so there's that. 🤷♀️
There's also how do you move the hot rocks. And you'd have to place them to not damage plants. Also the amount of wood you need is not sustainable. And in some areas like mine. The air is bad in the winter. We aren't allowed to burn because it can make the air way worse than it is. And it typically aligns with cold spells. Mean cold spells are non burn days. If you were going to have a fire anyway. It might be worth trying. It probably wouldn't last the night though.
@@pdxmusl1510 Yes. I see how it would be a challenge. My country upbringing with bonfires and roasting hotdogs.. made this my first thought. The rocks stayed hot for a while. But correct.. not all night.
IM puzzled as to why you didn't hoop your trees as well as garden also why you didn't put a kerosine lantern in with the plants and trees. I😂grew up with orange groves and can recall many a night being rousedut of bed to light smudge pots to warm the orchard. 4:16
Yeah it was -20C here last night in southern Ontario, so you’ll get no sympathy from me 😂. The only thing that’s surviving in my garden now is the kale … and the root veggies I’m storing in the soil aka beets and carrots. Leeks and scallions seem to hold up alright too along with some leafy greens, but yeah … -20C 😢
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If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 My Garden Was Tested
2:19 This Is How Bad Things Got
3:40 My Cold Protection Methods
7:36 How My Older Fruit Trees Fared
10:29 How My Young Fruit Trees Fared
13:41 How My Winter Garden Fared
17:22 My Cold Damage Theory
19:22 Adventures With Dale
I use cheap bedsheets from the Goodwill store, and put a clear polyethylene dropcloth over the sheets when it is going to rain. That combo gives quite good protection. I also use water jugs (up to 2 gallons/8 liters) under the sheets (against the plants) when it is going to get really cold. But for prolonged cold, I swap out the jugs every day. No need for giant water containers!
As for the back corner of your yard being too distant for running lights, you can easily make your own extension cords hundreds of feet long, using spooled wire, plugs and outlets from Lowes or Home Depot. If you are not comfortable with doing that wiring yourself, you can get a local electrician to do it or I can do it for you. I live about a 1-hour drive away from you. @TheMillennialGardener
My first thought was "Damn HOAs!"
😂 for real
Yeah pretty sure my neighborhood hates me as I always have something messy or some dead plants I need to clean up/remove
It's currently 52 degrees here in Southern California and I'm freezing. I can't even imagine how the cold feels over there! 🥶
I first thought you were speaking of HOA 🤣 😂 😜
Oh they did try in the beginning, let me tell you 😄
Never buy a house in an hoa.
@@pdxmusl1510 Yup, bunch of priviledged nrcisists trying to have control over everything.
My grandparents purchased a home in Upstate NY back in the 60's or so, and it was my mother's summer home as a child. I ende dup living there as a child about 28 to 20 years ago. Then moved back in 2017-2018. A new guy joined the neighborhood and became part of the HOA. Our old neighbors mentioned that the neighbors next to me had animal traps and the son apparently shot an animal with a rifle or something which wasn't allowed. These people were old and weird, and the son lived down the road. The people next door were originally friends of my grandparnets who were also original owners I believe, or had been there for many many years. Very sad to see how it changed. Then I find out the son was this HOA guy... Because one time A bear came to my front yard and got into the garbage and made a mess. The guy came over, knocked on my door and said "I'm the HOA, I just want to let you know a bear got into your garbage, and you're supposed to have the bins in the back." I idnd't really register "HOA" as I thought i twas some environmental agency speaking about hte bear... Then I realized he was part of the home owners asociation. My garbage bins were in the front of my home sinc eI was a child. To be fair, they were about 10 feet to the left originally, behind a bush.. The rule was apparently ou're not allowed to have cans on the front, only side/back, unless you have one of those covered bin things to put the garbage bins in... So dumb.. Wtf is that? I didn't argue back, and then the guy went to mow the lawn, which made me realize he was the son....
I believe i told my parents, and I idnd't pursue it, but I SHOuld have ad them talk to the head of the HOA, was were childhood friends of mine and my brothers (even though our families had a falling out, because of their son who was my brother's friend who was a weirdo and angry/stubborn kid).
It's just crazy how these people come on it, and take over... I didn't even know this guy, he wasn't around when i was a kid.
It sucks how much that neighborhood changed... Unfortuantely, my mother sold the house last? year... It's really sad. We were one of the only people who were oriignal owners, and I really oved that house even though it wasn't in the best area as the area went downhill.
But I thought it would stay in my family... Very sad. The house changed os much though, so many repairs and chanes.
Me too lol
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To be honest, that's a lot easier said than done...
30% of homes in the US are in an HOA, and 66% of all new homes built are in an HOA. The supply of vacant homes without an HOA is a fair deal lower than those with, making it much more difficult, time consuming, and expensive to avoid an HOA, not to mention that a new HOA can be formed where you live.
You could look into a livestock tank heater and a cheap solar panel to recharge the pickle barrels in emergencies
Great job on fighting mother nature!
SE Texas here. I put all my citrus in the ground last spring. Haven’t had to cover yet but do have lights on them.
I’m told they won’t survive a hard freeze but like you I’m determined!
Blessings!
I'm in SE Texas on the Gulf Coast. I had a Meyer Lemon for over 20 years. It did fine until the "Snowmageddon" in 2021. I usually covered it with sheets.
Bubble Wrap. Double Bubble Mylar for both hot/cold extremes. Shocking how well it works w/ a cardboard framework base.
I'm in Michigan. I've never tried it in the garden, but I cut and stick the big bubble wrap to our interior window panes. Crazy what a difference it makes!
I have dual Mylar foam insulation which I have used on my greenhouse on the South side of my house. It got down to 11 degrees Fahrenheit outside on February 11 ,2024 in Tacoma Washington State. However inside of my hybrid grow light greenhouse I also was running lots of LED grow lights which do produce a lot of heat in addition to a meager 500 watt electric heater . My greenhouse was 16 feet long by 6 feet wide and 8 feet tall. It also had a thick tarp on the top of it as well. It never froze at all. My small 6 foot wide 6 foot deep and 8 foot tall Lemon Tree greenhouse on the other side I also put Mylar insulation on it with a tarp wrapped around it. No frost damage as well and I got around a hundred ripe lemons off of it last year. My bigger greenhouse I have now doubled it in size to now 32 feet long from its original 16 feet long dimension. I do have more powerful heaters in case I need them but that insulation works very well on days of very cold freezing weather. It also saves me on heating costs as well.
You are completely right about using the row-covers to protect from the cold nights. I’m glad to learn the most of your plants did really well despite this long lasting cold weather. Mr. Dale has very short hair that I’m sure he gets cold at night. That’s cute he wears his pajama at night. I’ve always used felt sweater and blankets for my Jack Russells during the winter.
Good Luck this winter. You could get a solar gnerator or battery bank to run the incandecent lights in the far back yard. I am prepped to do that if we get in to the 40's this season in south florida; my mangosteen would be toast. It does not like it below 60.
I wish we could trade some of summer's hellish warmth to take the edge off the coldest winter months. Stupid extremes. I'm glad your plants came through!!!
Congratulations, thanks to your covering, your lights, the water containers you made it. Even if you have to double cover them, it is worst it. Here in central Florida I do cover my dwarf tree too when temperature go on the 27 to 29 degrees. Is a lot of work but I am happy when I uncovered them and see they still alive.
Whenever you do multiple layers of protection, allowing airspace between layers can help. Large bubble size bubble wrap can work. What about battery operated Christmas lights (use rechargeable batteries). If you have a plant with little foliage at the base and mostly at the top, try a BBQ briquette or two in a metal pan on the ground. Embers should burn quite awhile, with heat rising. Just don't catch your coverings on fire.
Watering before a cold spell is beneficial and a thick mulch is a must. Another option is a geothermal greenhouse or hoop house
Great to see. Makes me wish I had more space along my southern wall for plants. Have to keep my mandarin in a pot
My first winter garden in north central Arkansas. Enjoying chard and kale so far👍🏼carrots, baby spinach and baby beets are still alive, so far. Using hoops and ground cover overhead. Thanks!
Overhead cover is a game changer. Everything is hardier when the frost doesn't touch.
I lost my grapefruit and all of my palm trees to the Texas deep freeze nearly four years ago. It was especially heartbreaking for the grapefruit because it did produce yummy fruit every now and then.
It's been so cold in NC. Ugh. This was my first winter garden and I've learned so much. Next year, I won't plant anything after October 15.
I'm in Columbus georgia and got the same cold front. I am growing Broccoli and cauliflower for the first time. Covering them paid off and they survived the earliest cold snap we have had in many years.
It's 17 degrees here in Michigan while I watch this 🙄 It's actually been a really nice day. 🙂
Jville NC here. It has been un naturally cold here. It seems like as soon as fall hit, bam it got cold
I too live near Jville. I was waiting for my fig trees to go dormant and then bam. It froze over and over again. I can hope for the best.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences!
Hey! I don't resemble that Jacksonville, Florida person! 😅 Will be getting more covers!
You’re welcome!
So glad your trees survived!!
Getting 22 degrees at night in north ga. Covered my cabbage lettuces kales carrots. Celery beet..everything is aok! Yay!
My avocados have been able to slug it out so far. I'm about 250 miles north-northwest from MG. Lila and Mexicola in ground, with C7 lighting. But all of my potted trees, I've been moving into my shed or house when it's below 30F.
I appreciate it when you keep the language family friendly so we can all watch your videos together.
You are so right he does a awesome job there is not a lot that keeps it clean
If it's going to get really cold, use thick plastic. 6mm or larger for your area. I can get away with a 4mm, here in north Florida. But it does a great job of keeping humidity and heat from escaping. As you know, humidity will keep the air warm and make it feel warmer. The plastic might do better on the back row that's away from the house.
I live in Leland NC I had to add plastic over my row covers. Gives it a greenhouse effect. I open the ends during the day but make sure to close them about an hour before the sun passes to warm up the beds a little more before tucking them in for the night.
Use the fish tank heater to the black tanks. They are submersible. Just try that. Keeps the temperature you set it to be.
Not big enough, but he can use farm stock tank heaters. Same principle.
For 1 tree: get 4 pvc pipes, a cross connecton and four 2-3 feet stakes. Connect the pipes like a cross, drive stakes in the ground, insert pipes in the stakes and boom, you have a dome. You can make another one, ant turn it 45°, for extra stability. With this dome, the leaves won't toch a cover and won't get damaged (like if you just throw a cover on a tree). Then put your heating stuff ( heating cable/christmas lights, hot water) inside. Also check out survival videos for a heating device out of crisco, a candle and clay pots. Check several videos, there are variations, I like the one with 3-4 pots staked together. Great stuff!
So glad majority of plants came through with flying colors.
I had to laugh at Dale's face when you asked how ge got out of the PJ's. He looked outside, then looked like, " who me, I didn't touch them. So funny. Maybe he got hot during the night. 😂
So in other words, routine early winter temperatures for my area (Arkansas Ozarks). Of course, I don't have citrus. My figs have been bent to the ground and buried under mulch for a few weeks now, though. About a third of the garden is still planted, though the green onions are the only things I currently have planted that will produce through the winter.
It's worth mentioning that winter storm Uri didn't just affect Texas. That's just where the big news was. Here it got to a record -20F, and I'll still be paying for the storm on my gas bill for a couple more years.
I'm in the foothills of the Ozarks in Arkansas myself. Planting figs for the first time this upcoming year.
Texas here, we called it snowmageddon.
We regularly get low single digits in central Louisiana so I have to have a plan in place for sudden surprises. We saw 3 degrees in February 2021, 0 degrees in mid December 2022 with 50 mph gusts and well below freezing for a week and below 0 wind chill, and 6 degrees last winter. We get late frosts around Easter and had 4 inches of snow on April 1 one year. Wireless thermometers can be used to monitor real temps under fruit tree coverings and higher wattage LED bulbs, tarps, portable power supplies, electric blankets, buckets and immersion water heaters and even propane patio heaters are in my freeze kit.
And now you're moving.. to Florida❤ Welcome!
When he retires. From what I gathered from previous vids.
I'm in 8b in SC. I covered my radicchio thankfully it looks good. Forgot to cover my Brussels one night and lost two. I hopeful the remaining three will be success. My purple cabbage had one fatality the green seems to have done better.
Row covers are great. It was 10 degrees warmer inside. Bush beans loved it. Was still harvesting in Mid October. Zone 6b. Question. How many degrees warmer was the double covers? Love your plants and they will love you back even more. Thanks for this video.
I spent the day making hoops for my raised beds and I live in zone 9b, low AZ desert. Our infrequent 32 ° and below mornings will be coming soon. I will be ready.
Dale-Houdini😮 I guess he didn't like his pijamas😢
I couldn't do all that work you put in the garden Anthony, God bless you ❤
I live in Phoenix and we have a orange tree in our backyard, when i first had an orange from the tree it was so sweet and made some of rhe best OJ i have ever had that i never bought another any citrus from the grocery store ever since, we almost have a neighbor who has grapefruit growing in his backyard that he always lets us harvest
Hey from statesville nc glad yours done good I have my garden covered and it done good have good day
I enjoyed the video very much. I can't believe you have such a wonderful garden. It's absolutely amazing. I'm glad you showed the areal view of the yard and garden. I've been watching you for a while and have been curious as to how you have it laid out. I currently have four raised beds. In the next few months I plan to add eighteen new ones. I've been trying to figure out how to lay them out. I have a much better idea of it now. Thanks for showing me yours.
I know her--she showed up here, too--two winters in a row! The first time, I thought I would be able to save my brassicas--nope. It was like 7 degrees for days. They froze and turned to mush and rotted--smelled terrible when I took the frost blankets off. My Rosemary plant that I had for years perished. Last year, I harvested all the broccoli an cauliflower before it happened again because I knew we didn't stand a chance. This year, I planted earlier--but if that B shows back up this winter, I will harvest everything an do my best. The cabbages actually came back from mush and little multiple cabbage heads formed on the plants--one had 5 heads on it by spring. I don't know how they made a comback, because everything above ground was totally mush. I left the roots in the ground and was shocked they survived. I would like to plant some citrus trees like you have. I have a brick wall of my house that gets sun all day long and would like to plant near the house. We are in 8b in Southwest Arkansas. I love the winter garden!
I’ve delivered mail in -16 with wind chill -36. Zone 7a. I really worry about putting in trees rated for my area and we get one of those once every 5-10 year freezes like that. When they come those last a good week or more with temps with highs in the single digits.
We had a big cold snap in Kentucky. Even my Russian kale had damage, forget my snow peas.
i live in central texas where winter is usually mild, last night, there was a brief temperature dip, which went down to 35 degrees for a couple of hours, and it wiped out most of my summer crops, including watermelons, eggplants, peppers and basils. 😭
Summer crops are very fragile, especially cucurbits. Cucurbits start dying under 50F. They're very tropical. Tomatoes and peppers are tough. As long as you keep the frosts off them, they bounce back. They take take upper 30's for a couple hours as long as it warms back up in the daytime.
This is why im trying some indoor gardening in south Texas its been really wild ha or least my first try 😊 either way an indoor green garden is fun!
Light Freezes in central Texas don't do much damage, I live in same area as you and it went down to 29 in my backyard, no damage, I even saw the frost. It only matters once every 4 years when it goes below 25
Interesting on the watermelons. I've had the vines wiped out by frost, but gone out a few weeks later after several frosts, noticed a ripe melon, and found it was just fine.
Ya.. 😢😢😢😢.. as a Canadian who is trying to grow passion fruit vines in zone 5, southern Ontario.. I can relate to your frustrations with lingering cold from Canada's north... 😳🙄
This growing season, every full moon over the summer, we dropped off to 5°C (40°F)... Not good for passion vines, peppers, beans, tomatoes.. )..
Ya, I call Mother Nature bad names some times..
I'll be praying for ya.. 😊😊
& Yes, my 2 vines are in 5gal planters that I brought inside to over winter. I expect they will loose all leaves & look quite dead by mid Jan, from the lack of sunlight.
My 1st attempt to grow passion flowers a few years ago, did regrow the next spring, but it was the summer of neverending wildfire smoke that made the poor plant fail. So, I took about 9 cuttings & managed to get 5 vines to grow this spring.
I have 2 friends who took 3 of them..
It will be interesting to see if these plants survive & grow again outside, next summer.
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I was out of town for the entire stretch - 10 days, I have an ice cream banana and several potted avocado/citrus plants. The ice cream will make it but die back to the ground but im trying to keep it tall to get some fruit out of it, however it dies at like 40 degrees vs the others in the 30s, however with about 3 strands of incandescent lights and a REAALLY tall blanket, it made it, outside temp lows were 19 over the course, and it never went below 42 in the plant tents.
I envy you, for me those are normal December temperatures which is why I can't grow fig or citrus, here it's normal for temperature to go below -20 C once or twice every winter.
Ive always wondered... if you want to go on a trip... how do you manage that? Do you have someone who does these things for you or do you have to cancel a trip?
Have you considered putting a water heater in the water barrels.? Like the type for cattle
wow and zamzam water sir
I really wish I could grow citrus 😢 But where I live in Sweden we often get down to 25 degrees Celsius in the winter. Last winter we had -28 degrees for 5 days straight. Nothing survived that.
Ps I heard another cold protection from MI gardener. You can try de icing cable to radiate some heat.
try mountain area in Virginia. you are lucky that you live in Wilmington, NC, Your winter is much milder than ours..
Congratulations Anthony 😊❤ Dale you are so smart 😂 Good Boy Dale ❤😊
Dale is a bright young man 🐶
Put a beer or wine brewing heat belt on your water barrels bro , easy and might help
Fire hazards are the #1 concern. The reason why I use C9 Christmas lights is they're designed to be installed on trees outdoors.
It is good you understand about the prolong deep cold, and what it can do to whatever you are growing, so this is what Canada is like in the winter season. There are a lot of cold days in Canada. In the month of December it is COLD outside, so a lot of Canadians are properly dressed for the month of December such as wearing a warm coat, and gloves.
I think most of Canada is not cold all year round, but it is just for 1 season, and in this 1 season growing in Canada is more difficult in my opinion.
Regarding myself even though I am now able to protect what I grow to a certain degree based on what I have with me well I will not start planting, and trying to grow until it warms up outside, so that would be in 2025.
Yep 😢. I think a cold frame could extend the growing season here in Southern Ontario for brassicas and leafy greens, but beyond that everything else gets sniped usually by December.
@@nickzivs I assume you understand that lack of sunshine, and it being f**king cold outside in the winter, and in Ontario will not do much justice for growing. From what I can remember from my childhood growing certain types of food is fine in Ontario without any protection, but there are certain type of plants, and tress that require protection to try to extend the growing season.
Anyway I am going to wait until next year to start growing leafy greens.
Our(eastern europe and central europe) winter weather, moved to you in USA. We had big and cold winters and now they are gone, from few years ago this will be probably the same soft weather too, with 1 week with -10-15 Celsius, and the rest of the winter will be around 0. And these snowy cold winters moved to USA you there don't have such cold winters usually. I remember 120cm. snow 10 years ago, and now snow barely stay on the ground :D :)
have you considered building a miniature greenhouse along that side of the house? That way you could allow maximum sunlight - and those tropical or semi-tropical plants NEED their sunlight - as well as provide some thermal barriers like water barrels. It would make electrical heating also feasible.
A lot of work, but could be done fairly cheaply. And perhaps it could be made in a way that can easily be undone in the Spring, with some ingenuity.
MG lives close to the coast, he'd need to build something substantial to handle the gales that come through there.
Run an extra long extension cord from the house to your covered trees for the lights
Now I understand why you invested in Florida homestead land.
I am not too far from you near Dunn, NC. Our coldest temps here in the recent cold spell were 20 degrees on the morning of 12/4/24 and 19 degrees on 12/7/24. I have a couple of loquat trees and pineapple guava planted in-ground with no protection at all and so far they show no damage. I also have a Changsha mandarin and a 10 degree tangerine planted in ground that are showing no signs of damage either, I did protect them with water barrels and frost jackets but that was probably more protection than they needed.
My data shows that it was a bit colder here in my area in December 2022 than now, especially during the period of 12/23/22 thru 12/29/2022. During that period it was only above freezing for a few hours on 12/25/22 and again for a a little longer on 12/27/22, the coldest temp at that time was on 12/24/22 when it was 11 degrees at 7am.
Welcome to Zone pushing try that in zone 7 a where some winters 12 F Min temp others -5 F....
I lost a lot of plants last week in East Tennessee.
UGH. Sorry to hear that. It's not supposed to be this cold this early. I've never seen cold like this so early down here. Looks like another big cold shot is coming next week, too, just in time for Christmas.
@TheMillennialGardener YOU ARE AMAZING! 😅 Here in NE PA, we have been having teens and 20s at night and barely into the 30s during the day! I lost my heat inside... I've been surviving under blankets myself... and a small heater in my basement to try to keep the pipes warm-ish so they don't burst! I don't know how anybody or ANYTHING would survive outside! I felt pretty confident about your citrus as I'd seen the video with the citrus and lights/covers. And thought that
with the extra layers and weights placed that they would surely fare well. What MOST surprised me is that your VEGGIES withstood all that cold "barely covered" without any sources of heat! 😮😮😮😅 You nearly inspired me to run outside and try to start planting RIGHT NOW IN THE DARK IN 20* TEMPS 😂😂😂 Seriously tho! I may be inspired to get planting seeds inside once my heat is fixed! I don't typically start most stuff til March or April.
I live in the charotte area. All my vetables look like they need some help. The only one that looks good is the bok choy. I tried to cover them, but they wind blow off.
I’ve dealt with heat and grasshoppers the past two years.
You should grow your citrus seeds I have a few outdoor in western Washington
Yep
According to an independent earth scientist, we have been in a warming phase for the last 100 years. Based on history averages and core drilling evidence. we are now heading into a cooling phase that will probably last 75 to 150 years. As gardeners, we need to know this so we can adjust our growing season and plants to meet the new norms that will be our future.
I'm in zone 7B less than 10 miles from the zone 8 line. For 30 years I've grown plants and trees that are zone 8 and above but in future I'll be adding plants and trees that are safe down to zone 5 or 6. I hope that will make my garden prolific.
You can do solar near the back of your property. You need one battery, one inverter, one solar charger, and one solar panel. You can do the whole thing for less than or around $500.00. This simple setup would easily run your lights all night at the back of your yard...
Solar cannot run these incandescent lights. They are 175W/strand. I currently am using 7 strings over 4 trees. That is 1,225 watt-hrs, times 12 hours of darkness this time of year, for a total of 14.7kW-hrs per day. You can't charge that daily with weak winter sun that's only up in the sky for 5-6 hrs a day, and that's if you're blessed with perfectly clear skies. Solar is too unreliable, and it can cost you your trees.
@@TheMillennialGardener I was thinking covers on. I can't imagine you would need anywhere near 1,200 watts with the covers on. Maybe only 10 percent of that. And, by the way, my trees have taken a beating here, too. I'm between Branford and Bell near your soon to be neighborhood...
Nature can be a mother
Solar water heater/bladder? Everyone has ideas but looks like what U do is working fine. A lot of work though. Good thing your still young.
Here's an idea. Get your a$$ to Fla. What are your plans for all those trees when U move?
lol i thought them HOAs got you 😂💀..yes i underestimated our lil cool snap night but I’m guessing with the wind chill, it almost put my garden in its final resting place 🤦🏾
I was worried HOA was coming for you! Mother Nature might be more forgiving.
Could you please share the names of your cold hardy fruit trees? I want to start planting some fruit trees this coming year. I’m in central NC.
Do you use flannel, percale cotton, microfiber? Does it matter which one? Good repurposing of fitted sheets! I have to review your avocado videos. I'm planning on getting at least one avocado tree and seem to remember that the Stewart one is the most cold tolerant.
Do you think the plant covering and christmas lights work on the banana trees?
Put a pond heater inside the water barrels also
I specifically do not do this due to the potential electrical hazard. The #1 most important thing is fire safety.
Dale is like "DAD I need to go to the bathroom!"
Would black plastic over the covers help absorb the heat in the daytime or would it be too hot?
It would likely fry the trees during the day, and the trees don't absorb the heat, so there would be no real benefit. As soon as the sun sets, all heat is lost unless you use something like a water barrel. Water is an incredible conductor of heat thanks to its high specific heat value.
😅 great video!
if i was you id add another layer of clear farm tunnel material and over that or under it add a layer of those Christmas light that are a even blanket of lights that are wrapping bushes and shrubs in .
Wait you can't leave the frost coats on them for more than 5 days. I just put 15 big ones on my trees and expected to keep them on all winter. They are not evergreens
I wonder if there are any Phase Change Material (PCM) products that can be used to supplement those water barrels. Maybe something you could actively "load up" and place on top or inside the barrels or something. Might be too much work though or too expensive.
Plain water is already the ultimate _and cheapest_ Phase Change Material. Under a cover with the plants, the temperature cannot drop below about 30°F until all the water freezes. Just make sure your containers are not too smooth inside. Adding a small piece of broken crockery to the water will insure the water does indeed start to freeze at 32°F, by preventing the _supercooled liquid state._
@@YodaWhat While that's true in general, in a mass as large as a barrel the water on the outside will freeze first and insulate the interior so that the temperature can drop near the barrel long before the water is all frozen. A small circulating pump would help, or some bottom heat with convection doing the circulation.
You don't like tangy citrus? I'm nervous about getting sweet citrus varieties because they usually taste boring from the supermarket whereas the tangy ones are more flavorful.
Dude I am in Charlotte North Carolina and you are the closest to simular I have so I keep up with you. I use the plastic clear on top and make it through the winter here so far for the past 5 years. But I am dying to grow one of the orange trees. I cannot put it in ground I don't have those options but I do have a small Greenhouse so if I put one in a pot a big pot what kind should I grow that will stay small but give me some kick butt orange taste?
Using extension cords for the incandescent lights on your citrus trees won’t work?
do you know any variety of mangoes that are slightly cold hardy?
"Cold-hardy" in mango terms is being able to grow them close to freezing... Zone 9A or so. Even in 9B they can be fussy trees to keep healthy. I think it's too ambitious to grow one in zone 8 unless it's in a greenhouse.
I lost a 15 foot bay laurel in the 2021 winter storm in Texas 😢
Aww man. I have a small one in ground and I didn’t protect it. It appears unaffected from 19°F. I hear they’re good to about 10°F or so, at least when older.
@TheMillennialGardener Mine took down to single digits since I planted it in 2004. Below 0 everything above ground died. It is trying to grow back from roots but recovering a 15 foot tree will take a long time.
What type of orange are you growing in the back corner? (The one you ate) I’m not too far from you located around Jacksonville and I’m looking for some good citrus to grow this year
Too far from your house for electricity? You realize they sell extension cords right?
I’m in nc west of you. I have two satsumas and a Meyer lemon I planted in the ground in the spring. The c9 bulbs, black barrels, and frost protection have protected mine through all this. We had heavy frost last night. No fruit on my trees this year but trees themselves seem to be fine.
Where can I get the citrus plants?
McKenzie Farms and Nursery. Highway 341 between Lake City and Olanta South Carolina.
McKenzie Farms, Scranton, SC.
I’m also shocked that you dont have any pineapple plants.
They’re frost sensitive. I would have to grow them in containers and I am trying to seriously downside my container garden.
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Brand new to gardening.. I'm wondering if it's possible to use a fire pit to heat some fairly good-sized rocks and put under the covers at night.. again... I have no idea.. so there's that. 🤷♀️
If you attempt this, keep in mind that agricultural fabric/floating row cover is made of spun polyester. It melts.
There's also how do you move the hot rocks. And you'd have to place them to not damage plants. Also the amount of wood you need is not sustainable. And in some areas like mine. The air is bad in the winter. We aren't allowed to burn because it can make the air way worse than it is. And it typically aligns with cold spells. Mean cold spells are non burn days.
If you were going to have a fire anyway. It might be worth trying. It probably wouldn't last the night though.
@@florencejessup2432 Great point!
@@pdxmusl1510 Yes. I see how it would be a challenge. My country upbringing with bonfires and roasting hotdogs.. made this my first thought. The rocks stayed hot for a while. But correct.. not all night.
Utt ohhh. Dale may have been abducted!! 😂
OMG! HOW SAD!!!
Hopefully we get the cold out of the way early this year.
IM puzzled as to why you didn't hoop your trees as well as garden also why you didn't put a kerosine lantern in with the plants and trees. I😂grew up with orange groves and can recall many a night being rousedut of bed to light smudge pots to warm the orchard. 4:16
Yeah it was -20C here last night in southern Ontario, so you’ll get no sympathy from me 😂. The only thing that’s surviving in my garden now is the kale … and the root veggies I’m storing in the soil aka beets and carrots. Leeks and scallions seem to hold up alright too along with some leafy greens, but yeah … -20C 😢
Must be those drones.
Please get Dale some thermal underwear. Dont want his pipes to freeze when hes out in the cold! LOL
Dale has a larger wardrobe than I have. You should see it 🙄