Hmm. global warming?
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It looks like early black locust or cottonwood seed puffs to GW advocates. Most of whom never lived at a place with a lawn that big.
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Well we got to 38F at the house last night Jan and the garden is about a hundred feet lower in elevation and always at least 5 degreesF colder in the mornings so very possible we got frost down there last night. I put up a tent and moved all my starts into it yesterday but I have lost a lot of cucumbers in the greenhouse they were in earlier with temps that never got below 40ās. Growing food is not for the weak willed.
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Yes, itās the same here, when I have 3.5c 38f on the upper side of the cabin, I have frost on the other side down towards the pond.
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A few tips for this time of year. just now able to plant out my starts because it has been so cool to cold this year. Not all bad. the cucumbers are a little large for their containers but on the plus side, we are getting past the time when cucumber beetles are the worse and even it we get some the plants are large enough to better deal with them. Can also plant another bunch of starts and semi-direct sow them. Any curcubit can still be started but I like to start them out side in something like small yogurt cups or 2 inch cells with the bottoms cut out. If the seed sprouts and does well then you can just stick the container in a bed and leave the cel or cup on as a collar rather than sticking a hit or miss seed in valuable ground. Just a couple simple tricks Iāve picked up over the years.
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Hb Nematodes attack cucumber beetles in the larvae stage.
Since they are found naturally, aerobic, and they arenāt super cheap, it is one of the reasons why I chose the aerated soil wash so they donāt drown. You can multiply them if you get larvae like wax worms, or some other grub as a host. These also feed on ticks, but only the gorged females.
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