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Frost Oct 4, 2010 8:26:13 GMT -5

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Post by plantsnobin on Oct 4, 2010 8:26:13 GMT -5

A little early it seems for us, but a decent frost this morning. 90's last week, frost this week. Haven't had any significant rain for nearly 3 months now. Pretty crappy year in a lot of ways. But come about December, and we'll be itching to do it all over again.

bunkie master gardener Posts: 2,177	Frost Oct 4, 2010 11:45:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bunkie on Oct 4, 2010 11:45:08 GMT -5 you keep that frrrrrrr....there in Indiana karen...you hear me?!
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grunt Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Posts: 1,139	Frost Oct 4, 2010 18:38:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grunt on Oct 4, 2010 18:38:36 GMT -5 I'll repeat that "request".
	Always pay it forward. grungysgarden.blogspot.com/ I am located about 10 miles. north of the Idaho panhandle and just below Kootenay Lake. The property lies in a small microclimate that gives me a zone 5/6 Canadian version or 6/7 US version. One acre of land at an elevation of 1770', just off the edge of a flood plain. Sandy loam soil, hot days and cool nights (55F).

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Frost Oct 5, 2010 4:59:40 GMT -5

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Post by flowerpower on Oct 5, 2010 4:59:40 GMT -5

Oct 4, 2010 18:38:36 GMT -5 grunt said:

I'll repeat that "request".

Me too.

I am trying to keep my Dill's Atlantic Giants alive as long as possible. The County weighoff isn't until later in the month. They are not HUGE, but 100+ lbs. That might be good enough for some prize money here. There were only 5 entrants last yr. I took 5th with a 52 lb Big Moon. Only 25 bucks, but we had lots of fun.

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Frost Oct 5, 2010 8:55:32 GMT -5

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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 5, 2010 8:55:32 GMT -5

No frost here at chez-Telsing despite wide spread frost and lows that were supposed to be -1C??? I figure they either got that wrong or chez-Telsing is on a frost hill. My new digs will not be so frost sheltered though, I suspect. We'll see.

Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

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Frost Oct 11, 2010 5:25:08 GMT -5

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Post by flowerpower on Oct 11, 2010 5:25:08 GMT -5

We made it all the way to last Saturday. That's a long fall here. Almost an extra month. Which I really needed. I had frost until June this yr. It still was a crappy season for me overall. I'm kinda glad the growing season is mostly over. Looking foward to a way better 2011.

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Penny master gardener Posts: 1,037	Frost Oct 14, 2010 6:22:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Penny on Oct 14, 2010 6:22:00 GMT -5 We've had frost up here for the past few days.
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bluelacedredhead gardener Posts: 141	Frost Oct 14, 2010 6:55:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 14, 2010 6:55:36 GMT -5 Frost warning for WNY night before last...I thought I'd get it too if the wind blew NW over the lake, but saved again... Last year, we never had frost until the first week of November.
	FormerHomesteaderComeHometotheCity

flowerpower Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Hip-Gnosis Seed Development staff Posts: 2,400	Frost Oct 22, 2010 6:25:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flowerpower on Oct 22, 2010 6:25:12 GMT -5 I suppose I am the first one to see the dreaded S-Word? Stupid mountains. lol
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garnetmoth Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Posts: 349	Frost Oct 22, 2010 6:28:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by garnetmoth on Oct 22, 2010 6:28:25 GMT -5 oh wow flowepower! yuck.
	garden, rabbits, chickens, quail, mushrooms. Need more land!

ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Frost Oct 22, 2010 6:29:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Oct 22, 2010 6:29:31 GMT -5 You got sn*w? No way. We haven't had the pleasure yet but it's coming - I swear I can see it on the horizon.
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

Penny master gardener Posts: 1,037	Frost Oct 22, 2010 6:36:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Penny on Oct 22, 2010 6:36:02 GMT -5 Good morning everyone, Here is what we woke to today, snow...........uggggggggg!!!!!! This was taken with my cell phone, and it was quite light out here yet, so sorry it isnt the best.
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bluelacedredhead gardener Posts: 141	Frost Oct 22, 2010 7:25:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 22, 2010 7:25:07 GMT -5 Penny, it's clear enough! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Frost Oct 22, 2010 9:00:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Oct 22, 2010 9:00:29 GMT -5 Well if Penny has snow... I guess it'll be soon now. Normally we get our first substantial snowfall around the end of November.
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

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Frost Oct 23, 2010 10:36:56 GMT -5

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Post by galina on Oct 23, 2010 10:36:56 GMT -5

No snow, but we had our first (and second frost). Had to drape bean Genuine Cornfield in fleece/frostcloth to get a bit more maturity out of some of the pods in the hope of getting some seeds this year. Ditto some of the squashes.

The Australian Butter squash never grew bigger than a grapefruit and one of the two fruit rotted, ie never got pollinated. The other looks good but miniature.

Greens are still going under cloches and sheets of fleece.

A neighbour told me about a correlation between full moon and first frost twenty years ago and I have noticed this since. And most years it is true, our first frost correlates with the October full moon. Is there an explanation for this?