Tipping point?

Well, it's 34 degrees at 5:25am, having dropped a degree in the 20 minutes that I've been up today. No sign of frost patches on the ground but there is a fine layer of frost on the car windshields that you can scrap off with a fingernail. All my plants are tucked in under 6 mil plastic which should have protected them overnight. Let's hope.

Right now I'm just looking forward to all the good weather that's set to come our way for the next 10 days or so. I think we've finally reached a seasonal tipping point (knock on wood!) with 70 and 80 degree daytime highs and overnight 50 degree lows for the most part coming up. Hurrah! I'll be planting my started plants in their beds this week ;-)

Last gasp?

Time to cover up! Patchy frost forecast for tonight and probably tomorrow night. According to the Cornell Cooperative Extension, last spring frost date for our area is May 10 so frost appears to be overachieving this year ;-) I'll be covering my beds and some trees with 6 mil plastic tonight and tomorrow night just in case. Hard to believe that we had 4 days of 90 plus weather only a couple of weeks ago and a muggy day of thunderstorms just yesterday.