If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it to help spread its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 Record Cold And Snow Hits The South 1:50 Agricultural Fabric Benefits 3:40 Plant Tour In The Snow: Fruit Trees 7:32 Plant Tour In The Snow: Vegetable Garden 10:00 How Agricultural Fabric Works 11:42 Plant Tour After The Snow: Fruit Trees 16:19 Plant Tour After The Snow: Vegetable Garden 20:36 Was I Wrong About Kale? 21:36 4 Lessons Learned About Row Covers 24:00 Adventures With Dale
We had snow that turned to ice about 1-2 weeks before the next snow event. This January has been unusually cold. I've been in NC for about almost 29 years now and I don't really remember a January this cold for so many days. I'm near Charlotte. It's crazy. I watched James Prigioni this past Saturday and was saddened to learn Tuck passed away on January 19th. I cried for about the next three days. Still get upset over him because he was so much a part of the channel just like Dale is a part of this channel. He is always the icing on the cake. I absolutely love your videos and it was also so nice to hear Britney's voice. We love her too. Much love to all three of you and may we have many more happy years learning from y'all. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My mom lives in Wilmington, NC and she was freaking out about the snow, but my first thought was "Oh no! I hope Millennial Gardener's fruit trees are ok!" 😂
Thanks to the 3 garden channels I ordered hoops, freeze cloth, clips to put over my grow bags & i had enough of each to protect all of my plants & saved almost ALL my plants, Vegetables! Thank you
I planted citrus in ground last year in the Mountain West zone 7b. I have used agricultural fabric and incandescent lights all winter without taking them off except to check on them occasionally and water them. I have had many days in the teens and one day down to 11 degrees and my little citrus are still going strong. Thanks for the ideas, agricultural fabric really does work as long as you have a heat source under the fabric.
I bought several of the deep discounted frost covers from the links you provided and I’m thrilled with the results. We got down to 7 degrees in my area of Louisiana with 5” of snow. On my 12 year old grandson’s garden bed I put a double layer of fabric over hoops with a tiny 200 watt mini heater underneath and not only did everything survive and look great, his plants grew a lot from the warmth and sunlight. I had already noticed how much more growth his vegetable plants were having under a single layer that I had put on permanently a few weeks prior to protect from several frosty nights. The warmth and sunlight with the fabric definitely promoted growth better than my uncovered beds during that same time period. I will be using the frost covers every winter from now on for faster growth.
Glad to see so many of your plants made it through okay! Your efforts paid off. This video is the perfect follow up/experiment to your cold hardy plant video from late fall/early winter. As I have probably commented on too many times, haha, my collard green experiment in Boston continues. Now this was a low maintenance/low effort experiment as I didn't want to just throw out the collard greens when the community garden closed around Halloween. I have six collard greens in the front yard here in Boston. No fabric covers or hoop houses. On some recent single digit nights I did cover them with pots. Removed the pots in the day light. The plants get sun in the afternoons. We didn't get as cold as some parts of the country. Lots of nights in the teens and a few in the 6-8 degree range. In December the collards got down to 9 degrees with no covers and they sustained zero damage! Some of the leaves on the collards have taken some damage, but the rest of the plants look okay. Right now its 29 degrees and snowing. What did I learn so far? As MG said collards have incredible cold resistance. For much of the last couple months they have been literally frozen-they droop down when they freeze solid, but they remained solid green throughout all of December into early January. Yes, the snow can act like insulation. I forgot about one plant that was completely buried. When the snow melted back it had zero leaf damage. It is not just about overnight low temps, but about sustained cold and freeze. For a few weeks the ground was frozen solid. Even though the overnight lows were not the coldest during this period, the plants did sustain some damage.
After years of using sheets, a couple weeks ago I bought a row of freeze cloth (ebay) for a good deal. I have a sewing machine, so I measured the different plants and sewed covers that fit them. I used a marker to label each for next years use. I'm happy to hear you saying it works. Next I need to build better structures to keep the fabric off the plants.
I'm in Zone 8A, in the Upstate of SC. We didn't get snow, but we did get the cold. This video was extremely helpful and informative. I really enjoyed it, thank you for making it. I have to say, Dale was the star of the video!!! 😂😂😂
Wow. This was another great vid.! Just ❤ your channel. Thanks also for being SO ORGANIZED with your links on sales on Amazon. I just used your link to buy a couple more agric. freeze covering fabric. That was a great deal for a 10x33’! Plus I ordered another set of those soaker hoses you talked about this summer. (The ones behind your trees-the flat ones). I had ordered a 2-hose set then. To try them out. I like them much better then the black round soakers. Just ordered another set of those as well. Thanks so much. 🤗 Glad to see all your trees came out great. Amazing with the snow and cold temps you had.
Give your mature kale plants time to recover.. all of them, or a few to experiment with. I live zone 5, southern Ontario.. have only been back to gardening a few years now. Winter always gets here before I am ready for it, lol.. I have had many kale & parsley survive a full but definitely milder winter here, the past 2 winters... Then they flower early the 2nd season, pulling in good insects all summer!! This winter has definitely been colder than the last 2. And we have been consistently cold, with good snow cover > as opposed to a lot of below freezing & just above with more freezing rain than snow. I'm interested to see what survives this winter. Glad to see so much survived for you .. thrived really.. 😊😊😊❤
record breaking cold and heat recently. and it's going to be in the 70s here for awhile in Raleigh next week. 🥵 i think this summer is going to be absolutely dreadful. going to appreciate this cold while i can 🙏
@@TheMillennialGardener Yes. I removed a few bulbs and centered them away from the plastic of the greenhouse. The cold snap finally broke this week so now they are on standby, lol.
This was a great demonstration of how to truly protect the plants and trees from the deep-freeze. I don’t think no other channels cover in this detail like yours. Very valuable video. Thank you. Mr. Dale didn’t know how to deal with cold flaky thing “aka snow” coming down on him. He keeps running towards to the door. LOL
That is definitely true for carrots! The first time I grew them was over winter and they were the best, sweetest carrots I'd ever had. The next year (2024) I planted them in late spring and they were not great - bitter and disappointing (zone 9A). Learned my lesson and have a nice crop growing right now! I did protect them and my garlic with cloth - we got a bunch of snow here in the SC Lowcountry.
I had great success with your fabric cover + incandescent light combo, this winter. Growing some monstrous Russian Kale and having crazy success using everything you've taught me. I appreciate you man!
That's awesome! These techniques can also be used to grow vegetables. A few years ago, I kept tomatoes and peppers alive all winter. It wasn't worth the time and effort, but it was cool to know I could do it with Christmas lights: ua-cam.com/video/2qYwQmBAapQ/v-deo.htmlsi=O8hvzlt48Y5AM2rm
This was not a La Niña winter. La Niña = warm and dry in the southeast. We were closer to a neutral pattern. The issue with this winter was the unstable polar vortex. That was the dominant influence.
I just moved and have gone insane landscaping the very large jungle which came with the home. I took the row cover and incandescent c9 bulb approach which kept everything safe.
I have been waiting for this video, I live over in Pender. My garden survived just fine under fabric, and I only have Apples and Pears in the orchard right now, but was worried about your trees, we hope to plant some of the same trees in our yard this year.
Side note, I have black see lettuce and another variety that made it through the cold as well. % gallon buckets of water under the low hoops seemed to help out, even if they did eventually freeze.I need to do a quick video just because almost everything made it without a problem.
Everything did great, except the Bay Tree. I thought it was hardier and didn't need the protection like the others would. I guess I was wrong, or maybe it was just too young. The citrus and avocados are unaffected under those covers.
I am doing things differently for next time! My entire container garden was under a blanket of snow!😂 I will be investing in crop covers for the next time. Thanks for sharing! ❤🌱
They're worth it, and they're really cheap. You can always find 10x30 and 10x50 lengths on sale on Amazon in the $10-20 shipped range. I have a couple deals on my TODAY'S DEALS list here: www.amazon.com/shop/themillennialgardener/list/PJVGX4L4C2SQ?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Please note the items purchased in my storefront earn me a commission at no cost to you. I'm only providing it as a point of reference.
I used the agricultural fabric for all of my raised beds & everything was perfectly fine. We got 12” of snow.. My surprise was my parsley that was totally unprotected & under a foot of snow, it looks like someone injected them with super grow, Lol I think they might’ve snorted some snow 🤪 They look fantastic!!
You knew❤❤❤. So, so glad you didn't loose all your garden & fruits. Extremely helpful. Thank you 4 making this vid. Really hate you lost some of your crops this years. 😢😢😢 How do you water you lettuce, brassica, etc in the winter?? You water lines are on top of beds. I'm putting in my water lines this spring. Also figuring I'm going to have to use the air compresser to blow the water out in fall before they freeze to prevent pex tubing from bursting. Dandy Dale was cold, he said heck with a potty. Too cold. 😅😅
I recommend you use a soft makeup brush on your Avocado flowers. I did a test with mion where I did half the true and not the other. Noticeably larger crop on the makeup brushed side.
My avacoda trees did well here in SC, 12 degrees last week almost 7 days with snow on the ground! Even the experimental tropical avocado! Frost blankets and C-9 Keep snow off is important, so things don’t break
It's not fair how cold this winter has been to deal with the absurd heat, humidity and storms we get in summer. If you're going to get nuked all summer, you have to at least make up for it with a mild winter. I'm getting Florida summers and New Jersey winters over here 😂
I covered all of my onions and garlic and added incandescent string lights. I grow in containers and for the first time the potting soil started to freeze. Everything survived.
I like ve your channel, I live in Kennesaw ga. I am grow 7 citrus trees with just lights and heat mats. I did bring trees in when we had snow and 14 drgrees for a week. Because all I have is a balcony and can’t protect them as well on concrete. But they are doing good I have 2 satsuma and 2 sumo orange trees. The hardest tree for me to grow is the mango trees I have but all are doing well. Thanks for all the tips.
That's excellent! I haven't tried a mango. They can't take even the slightest frost. They're definitely one of the tougher things to grow outside of the tropics.
Just want to say thanks for the incandescent light idea. This is my 3rd year with a winter tunnel in WI. Last year was mild so i wasnt proactive when we hit -12 last week. Tunnel got to 10 and i lost some if my winter greens. Anither layer would have helped. I found closeout incandescent lights at my local menards. As i type this, its 15 outside, but 30 under the agribon covers with the lights.
Greetings from Fayetteville. This snowstorm ended a 1,076-day drought between snowfalls. I hope Dale enjoyed the snow. FYI, you've been an inspiration to me, I've been spending this winter clearing out non-fruiting trees and bushes to make room to plant my own orchard this spring, including a bunch of citrus and avocados.
This was our first snow since the big January 2018 storm. I have not missed it, and I hope to not see another flake for another 7+ years 😄 Citrus and avocados in Fayetteville would be something. I definitely think you can do it, especially the citrus. They are a lot easier than the avocado. The Owari satsuma should do fine. I also think you can grow a Yuzu or Ichang lemon with ease. I didn't even protect my Ichang lemon - not even a cover. It is totally unbothered. That'll be a reveal one day.
My Broadleaf Mustard was damaged by the snow and 13 degrees plus wind chill and all my fig tree tips were pruned. The Pineapple Guava got a tiny amount of leaf burn from being wrapped in a tarp for 3 days. My carrots and turnips became sweeter & delicious after the freeze. Now we`re back in the high 60s/low 70s again in Louisiana.
well we just had a nice rain last night, i even went out for a walk after :) but yeah i cant imagine the damage snow could cause to crops, even allium leaves get damaged right?
Hey Millennial Dude...'Ol Lady Gardener here....Ya know I love ya! Question: your owari satsuma, Lila avacado and meyer lemon, I noticed are planted against your brick house. What direction is the sun coming to them from? Bricks heat up in sun so it seems you have that going for those babies. I have had a potted meyer I bought from the half dead aisle at a big box 2 yrs ago and it does okay but I want to plant it in the ground this spring....if I plant it against the house in the back yard it will face north and not have the benefit of sun heat......just wondering. BTW...you have inspired me to give the satsuma and Lila a shot....TY!
My wall faces due south. That is why I picked that wall for the trees. It gets 8-10 hours of sun each day (depending on the time of the year), and it completely blocks the north wind. The south wall, in the Northern Hemisphere, is always going to be your "warmest wall" of your house, assuming your house is constructed with consistent materials. The heat it radiates all night from the brick is significant. The worst wall for you to choose will be the North wall. It will not provide much benefit, but it still will provide some. Any wall is better than none. I do have a SugarBelle planted near my doorway on the North side, and it is doing great. Just be very careful and ensure you plant only dwarfing trees. All my citrus are grafted onto trifoliate rootstock, which permanently dwarfs the trees to 6 ft tall babies. Similarly, my Lila avocado is a semi-dwarf that I can keep small with pruning forever. Don't get yourself a full-sized avocado. Don't get yourself satsumas or any citrus grafted onto standard rootstocks. Make sure you are sure the trees are grafted onto trifoliate/Flying Dragon rootstock. That is why I buy all my citrus trees from Stan at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. I make sure he gives me all trifoliate-grafted citrus.
Very nice to see. I in Loweraustria have a warmer winter then last year and I maybe try to plant a Yuzu inground with protection of course in Zone 7b/8a
i use 4 layers of row cover on my citrus. that and the lights helps me keep at least 20-25 degrees over the outside air temp. best part is the light still gets through it.
4 is a lot. It would obscure so much light, you'd have to remove them after a few days. It'll be fine for a couple days, but when you're using that many, it may as well be an opaque blanket. Just keep the light limitations in-mind. I think that's why my Meyer lemon started to yellow. It was getting angry from lack of sun for so long.
I so totally agree with you. Unlike you, my garden is a science experiment. In other words, I'm a novice. Thank goodness I found your channel. I have an above ground garden bed. It looks like a chicken coop to some, but my lovely husband had the idea and I didn't say anything when he built it. I had lettuce and even brussel sprouts as well as celery growing. Well, we had a cold snap and most of that died except a brussel sprout plant in the middle of the bed. This bed has hardware cloth around it and I will wrap the bed in plastic as an attempt at a greenhouse. I took the agricultural fabric and cut a section that would wrap the plant without crowding it and had the fiber glass poles to create a dome. We had temps down to 8 degrees F and the 10" of snow to boot. A couple of days ago I uncovered the plant. I didn't mention that the fabric was two layers thick. The plant has survived! What a miracle!
I'm glad you are finding my channel helpful. Agricultural fabric can work miracles if you have something inside radiating warmth. That being said, my garden is a science experiment, too. A gardener never stops experimenting. Every year, we try to grow new things and hone our craft. I may have more experience than most, but for everything I've learned, there are about 1,000 things that I'm unaware of or need improvement. Never stop experimenting. It is *the thing* that makes gardening fun. Keep growing new crops, planting new trees and challenging yourself.
I have Red Russian kale that survives without even agrobond over them. I am in Davie County, just west of you. Red Russian kale is my all-time favorite for hardiness and flavor.
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What's amazing, but bummer on your cabbage. I'm planning on building my raised beds soon, sounds like deeper is better but the cost would be lots more. I think we are going to build 12" high and with cedar wood (for longevity). Cedar is a bit pricey.
You really have to be careful with plastic. It can magnify the heat so much during the day that it can roast the plants. I tried greenhouse plastic one year and it was getting over 100 degrees in there by 10AM in January. I had to run outside every morning to vent it so it wouldn't cook my plants. I haven't used greenhouse plastic since.
Despite my best efforts at heavy mulching and trunk insulation in Louisiana, I think I lost all four of my two-year-old citrus trees. It is truly a bummer to watch the leaves turn yellow, but stay stuck to the tree, knowing that a chance is likely the tree is gone
I think he was considering never taking a drink of water again to avoid going outside. That boy does not like anything cold or wet 😂 We tried to put him in booties. He was not into that *at all* 🐶
It was a coastal storm from moisture from the Gulf with a really extreme eastern track. We got the worst of the snow, but definitely not the worst of the cold. About an hour inland from me, it was in the single digits when we were "balmy" around 20. My onions got burnt, but they'll grow back. They already got knocked back once this winter back in that freak December cold snap.
It can protect against extreme cold. For example, if you drop to 0 degrees at night, things under snow can stay technically warmer. But in my case, my “kill” temps are in the teens, and the snow was making things worse by reflecting sun during the day (keeping highs low), and when wind blew across the snow, it was making the wind chill worse. The inflection point where snow insulates is too cold for my zone.
Earth is the same average temperature every minute of the day, so if it is absurdly cold somewhere, then it has to be much warmer everywhere else to average it out. Cold air sat on top of the US east of the Rockies down to Florida for practically a month, so there wasn't enough cold air left on our side of the planet to make it your way because the cold was so incredibly deep. Now that we are warm in the East for the next 2-3 weeks, expect a big dip in your thermometer. The warm air is sitting over us, now, so it's going to be a chilly February in the PNW.
@ Don’t tell me that LOL. 2019 I saw two months of snow and I had 28 inch and 32 inches at my house in February. That’s the most snow I’ve had over 40 years living out here. Cheers to a new exciting gardening year!!!
I was gonna ask if you also had the lights on with the snow (not snowING) but adventures with Dale kinda answered that. What's your power bill like? If you don't mind answering.
This is the first time, ever, where I had to run lights during the DAYTIME. I had to run them for 3 days straight, never turning them off. I've never had even a 24-hour period before where I've needed to leave them on all day. My house is pretty small, so my electric bill isn't all that much. I wouldn't expect much change. Even if I ran all my lights for 24 hours straight, that would only be about 24 kW-hrs, and at 15 cents per kW-hr, that's only $3.60. Maybe it'll be $10 more than usual to account for that wicked 72 hour period? I may not even notice. My power bill probably averages $120/mo throughout the year, and keep in mind we don't have gas or anything like that. The only thing we pay for is power and water, here.
Is that a duck tape patch? I see you there. I tried this too, and we had a terrible winter weather. But it just tore the fabric worse when the wind swept up.
Yep. Sometimes, the wind blows so badly it snags a branch and tears. I think that jacket is on its 3rd winter, so it is getting worn out. I have a spare or two in storage. The best thing to do is build a cage around everything like I did with my avocado so it minimizes snagging. My area is too tight to do that, though, so I chose the avocado for my structure since it is the most vulnerable.
No. That would require additional heat. I have done so with 5 gallon buckets and milk jugs and burying them under soil on cold nights: ua-cam.com/video/IkNczi2K-lU/v-deo.htmlsi=5gudDpAqgzIDOEiu
I just use canvas. The Longest I've ever known a cold snap was 7 days and I do take it off most days but not all. The broccoli, we just had some last night, is the best I've ever grown. I think it's the cold. Zone 9.
And btw, a huge thank you! I’ve learned so much from you and I appreciate your ability to speak clearly and articulately unlike so many UA-camrs who can’t speak two words without um, like, ah, uh every other word. Refreshing and enjoyable speaking!
80F here Central FL… bet your homestead is doing just fine. 😂 I did want to get your take on fig tree planting. You know how you did your avocado tree in a raised bed? Do you think that kind of planting would be beneficial for fig trees as well since they are sensitive to rain?
80 today. Last week, the homestead was in the 40’s for highs for a couple days and mid-30’s at night. It is 72 here right now…but it was 18 last week. Yes, I plant ALL my fruit trees “high.” I have an old video on it here: ua-cam.com/video/6_-aLxCOI8U/v-deo.htmlsi=gVP4-AVtdcsdN_Ch
@ Nice! I’ll watch once I’m done watching this one. Those 40F nights were chilly but only had to cover my Lychee tree. Everything else got through it just fine, thankfully!!
@TheMillennialGardener got it. Wow, amazing. I'm in Massachusetts & I got a awari Satsuma Mandarin from your guy last spring and it has handled this winter like a champ. I'm so proud of her. I had her in a shed window. So it still got cold but only 25 the coldest in it & this 2ft plant is taking it like a boss. Great plant.
It was too cold here for really big accumulations. This wasn't really even snow. It was about 3.5 inches of solid ice and sleet. You could pick up chunks and toss them like a frisbee.
We are sooooo dry even our promised one storm brought a light rain mist enough to really make my truck dirty! This next week we will be 82 not a cloud can be bought in North Scottsdale Az.
Well, I mean, it's the desert 😁 But, now that we are in a warming trend, I wouldn't be surprised if a little moisture heads your way as dew points rise in February. Things were *so cold* this January that the severely low dew points were negatively impacting precipitation. It needs moisture in the air to precipitate, so that should happen as temps rise.
Snow is insulating. You're probably better off keeping the snow sitting on top of the covers for as long as the overnight temps are getting significantly below freezing.
It is only insulating against severe cold, like below zero levels of cold. The kill temps of my plants are in the teens. The snow, in my case, is making the problem worse, because it reflects warmth during the day (keeping the microclimate cold), and then when the wind rushes above the snow, it drops the wind chill. The inflection point for when snow starts helping is below my zone.
Your garlic should be just fine. I planted mine in 6b, in the fall intentionally to over winter them. Early Italian, late Italian, and people glazer (long and soft neck). I expect all to survive our cold as hell winter we have had!
If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it to help spread its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 Record Cold And Snow Hits The South
1:50 Agricultural Fabric Benefits
3:40 Plant Tour In The Snow: Fruit Trees
7:32 Plant Tour In The Snow: Vegetable Garden
10:00 How Agricultural Fabric Works
11:42 Plant Tour After The Snow: Fruit Trees
16:19 Plant Tour After The Snow: Vegetable Garden
20:36 Was I Wrong About Kale?
21:36 4 Lessons Learned About Row Covers
24:00 Adventures With Dale
We had snow that turned to ice about 1-2 weeks before the next snow event. This January has been unusually cold. I've been in NC for about almost 29 years now and I don't really remember a January this cold for so many days. I'm near Charlotte. It's crazy. I watched James Prigioni this past Saturday and was saddened to learn Tuck passed away on January 19th. I cried for about the next three days. Still get upset over him because he was so much a part of the channel just like Dale is a part of this channel. He is always the icing on the cake. I absolutely love your videos and it was also so nice to hear Britney's voice. We love her too. Much love to all three of you and may we have many more happy years learning from y'all. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My mom lives in Wilmington, NC and she was freaking out about the snow, but my first thought was "Oh no! I hope Millennial Gardener's fruit trees are ok!" 😂
I appreciate it 😄 Everything looks good except the Bay Tree. That got totally smoked. I hope it grow back from the roots...
That was one of my first thoughts too
Me too! So glad it all turned out !
Thanks to the 3 garden channels I ordered hoops, freeze cloth, clips to put over my grow bags & i had enough of each to protect all of my plants & saved almost ALL my plants, Vegetables! Thank you
This is why I watch your videos. Careful, thoughtful, thorough research.
I try to use these unfortunate events as a training exercise 😆
I planted citrus in ground last year in the Mountain West zone 7b. I have used agricultural fabric and incandescent lights all winter without taking them off except to check on them occasionally and water them. I have had many days in the teens and one day down to 11 degrees and my little citrus are still going strong. Thanks for the ideas, agricultural fabric really does work as long as you have a heat source under the fabric.
It saved my garden too, and I credit you with telling me to do it. Thanks.
Didnt have time so used my bed sheets😂
I bought several of the deep discounted frost covers from the links you provided and I’m thrilled with the results. We got down to 7 degrees in my area of Louisiana with 5” of snow. On my 12 year old grandson’s garden bed I put a double layer of fabric over hoops with a tiny 200 watt mini heater underneath and not only did everything survive and look great, his plants grew a lot from the warmth and sunlight. I had already noticed how much more growth his vegetable plants were having under a single layer that I had put on permanently a few weeks prior to protect from several frosty nights. The warmth and sunlight with the fabric definitely promoted growth better than my uncovered beds during that same time period. I will be using the frost covers every winter from now on for faster growth.
Glad to see so many of your plants made it through okay! Your efforts paid off. This video is the perfect follow up/experiment to your cold hardy plant video from late fall/early winter.
As I have probably commented on too many times, haha, my collard green experiment in Boston continues. Now this was a low maintenance/low effort experiment as I didn't want to just throw out the collard greens when the community garden closed around Halloween. I have six collard greens in the front yard here in Boston. No fabric covers or hoop houses. On some recent single digit nights I did cover them with pots. Removed the pots in the day light. The plants get sun in the afternoons.
We didn't get as cold as some parts of the country. Lots of nights in the teens and a few in the 6-8 degree range. In December the collards got down to 9 degrees with no covers and they sustained zero damage!
Some of the leaves on the collards have taken some damage, but the rest of the plants look okay. Right now its 29 degrees and snowing.
What did I learn so far?
As MG said collards have incredible cold resistance. For much of the last couple months they have been literally frozen-they droop down when they freeze solid, but they remained solid green throughout all of December into early January.
Yes, the snow can act like insulation. I forgot about one plant that was completely buried. When the snow melted back it had zero leaf damage.
It is not just about overnight low temps, but about sustained cold and freeze. For a few weeks the ground was frozen solid. Even though the overnight lows were not the coldest during this period, the plants did sustain some damage.
After years of using sheets, a couple weeks ago I bought a row of freeze cloth (ebay) for a good deal. I have a sewing machine, so I measured the different plants and sewed covers that fit them. I used a marker to label each for next years use. I'm happy to hear you saying it works. Next I need to build better structures to keep the fabric off the plants.
I'm in Zone 8A, in the Upstate of SC. We didn't get snow, but we did get the cold. This video was extremely helpful and informative. I really enjoyed it, thank you for making it. I have to say, Dale was the star of the video!!! 😂😂😂
He was really not handling it well 😂 He eventually got used to it since it hung around for 4-5 days, but now it's *thankfully* long gone!
@@TheMillennialGardener Lol!!! My boy is like that with the rain 🤣🤣🤣
Cult classic of a movie! This and one crazy summer!
It's my favorite "80's movie."
@ sorry your mom blew up Ricky.
I like seeing the Bob Ross chia head making appearances. 😅
Glad you are faring well. Hope the plants make it through.
Better Off Dead and Bob Ross, my 80's childhood is showing.
@@TheMillennialGardener Love it! '81 here
Wow. This was another great vid.! Just ❤ your channel. Thanks also for being SO ORGANIZED with your links on sales on Amazon. I just used your link to buy a couple more agric. freeze covering fabric. That was a great deal for a 10x33’! Plus I ordered another set of those soaker hoses you talked about this summer. (The ones behind your trees-the flat ones). I had ordered a 2-hose set then. To try them out. I like them much better then the black round soakers. Just ordered another set of those as well. Thanks so much. 🤗 Glad to see all your trees came out great. Amazing with the snow and cold temps you had.
Give your mature kale plants time to recover.. all of them, or a few to experiment with.
I live zone 5, southern Ontario.. have only been back to gardening a few years now.
Winter always gets here before I am ready for it, lol..
I have had many kale & parsley survive a full but definitely milder winter here, the past 2 winters...
Then they flower early the 2nd season, pulling in good insects all summer!!
This winter has definitely been colder than the last 2. And we have been consistently cold, with good snow cover > as opposed to a lot of below freezing & just above with more freezing rain than snow.
I'm interested to see what survives this winter.
Glad to see so much survived for you .. thrived really.. 😊😊😊❤
record breaking cold and heat recently. and it's going to be in the 70s here for awhile in Raleigh next week. 🥵
i think this summer is going to be absolutely dreadful. going to appreciate this cold while i can 🙏
I used your Christmas light trick to heat a mini greenhouse I had with hot peppers I am over wintering.
Worked like a charm.
Thank you.
That's great to hear! Heating that much open air with incandescent lights is risky, I'll tell you 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener
Yes. I removed a few bulbs and centered them away from the plastic of the greenhouse.
The cold snap finally broke this week so now they are on standby, lol.
Haha, the intro. You were right about having a brutal winter.
Coastal SC here. Thank you again for the great information from your garden in real-life experiences. You always share positive and learned from.
I'm glad I could dig up some useful information from all this cold this year 😄
The white row covers saved my garden beds from a heavy rain also. I’m so happy you recommended them.
That's another benefit. Sometimes, it rains so hard it literally uproots seedlings. The protection really helps.
Love that movie! So many one-liners😊
So many problems could’ve been avoided by simply giving him his $2.
😂 thanks for the laughs. Great intro. You did predict it!
I love that movie.
This was a great demonstration of how to truly protect the plants and trees from the deep-freeze. I don’t think no other channels cover in this detail like yours. Very valuable video. Thank you. Mr. Dale didn’t know how to deal with cold flaky thing “aka snow” coming down on him. He keeps running towards to the door. LOL
I'm in Massachusetts 6B. The cold makes everything in your garden sweeter. I can not have anything outside in the winter unless it's a perennial.
That is true, as long as you can get it to survive 😂 My satsumas are so sweet right now I have to eat one with a bag of insulin.
That is definitely true for carrots! The first time I grew them was over winter and they were the best, sweetest carrots I'd ever had. The next year (2024) I planted them in late spring and they were not great - bitter and disappointing (zone 9A). Learned my lesson and have a nice crop growing right now! I did protect them and my garlic with cloth - we got a bunch of snow here in the SC Lowcountry.
I had great success with your fabric cover + incandescent light combo, this winter. Growing some monstrous Russian Kale and having crazy success using everything you've taught me. I appreciate you man!
That's awesome! These techniques can also be used to grow vegetables. A few years ago, I kept tomatoes and peppers alive all winter. It wasn't worth the time and effort, but it was cool to know I could do it with Christmas lights: ua-cam.com/video/2qYwQmBAapQ/v-deo.htmlsi=O8hvzlt48Y5AM2rm
Yeah, I bought into the La Niña winter, too, but I hedged my bet and ordered row cover back in the fall. Win!
This was not a La Niña winter. La Niña = warm and dry in the southeast. We were closer to a neutral pattern. The issue with this winter was the unstable polar vortex. That was the dominant influence.
that's actually really smart to dig a slope away from the plant to drain the cold air
It is a warm winter.....here. but also very snowy.
I am impressed good job
Thanks for tour we got little snow lots of cold in statesville nc
I just moved and have gone insane landscaping the very large jungle which came with the home. I took the row cover and incandescent c9 bulb approach which kept everything safe.
Awe Dale is adorable. ❤ Did Dale tell mommy he needs more clothes on? 😊 ❤ Bless his heart. ❤😊
Dale hates the cold. He doesn’t like the heat either 😂 He wants to be between 65-70. No temp tolerance on that boy!
@TheMillennialGardener AWE poor baby. I don't blame him, I'm the same way.
Thank-you for the tour. Very interesting and informative!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for tour got little snow but lots of cold in statesville nc dale enjoying the snow
I have been waiting for this video, I live over in Pender. My garden survived just fine under fabric, and I only have Apples and Pears in the orchard right now, but was worried about your trees, we hope to plant some of the same trees in our yard this year.
Side note, I have black see lettuce and another variety that made it through the cold as well. % gallon buckets of water under the low hoops seemed to help out, even if they did eventually freeze.I need to do a quick video just because almost everything made it without a problem.
Everything did great, except the Bay Tree. I thought it was hardier and didn't need the protection like the others would. I guess I was wrong, or maybe it was just too young. The citrus and avocados are unaffected under those covers.
Wow...
I haven't seen a better off dead reference in a long time
It is a top tier 80’s movie! One of the best!
One of my favorites of course I was a teen in the 80s so I might be a bit partial
Totally agree - it’s in my top 5 faves for sure
I am doing things differently for next time! My entire container garden was under a blanket of snow!😂 I will be investing in crop covers for the next time. Thanks for sharing! ❤🌱
They're worth it, and they're really cheap. You can always find 10x30 and 10x50 lengths on sale on Amazon in the $10-20 shipped range. I have a couple deals on my TODAY'S DEALS list here: www.amazon.com/shop/themillennialgardener/list/PJVGX4L4C2SQ?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Please note the items purchased in my storefront earn me a commission at no cost to you. I'm only providing it as a point of reference.
That’s my favorite movie of all time!!! 🗣️RICKEY
2 Dollars!
I used the agricultural fabric for all of my raised beds & everything was perfectly fine. We got 12” of snow.. My surprise was my parsley that was totally unprotected & under a foot of snow, it looks like someone injected them with super grow, Lol I think they might’ve snorted some snow 🤪 They look fantastic!!
You knew❤❤❤.
So, so glad you didn't loose all your garden & fruits.
Extremely helpful. Thank you 4 making this vid. Really hate you lost some of your crops this years. 😢😢😢
How do you water you lettuce, brassica, etc in the winter?? You water lines are on top of beds.
I'm putting in my water lines this spring. Also figuring I'm going to have to use the air compresser to blow the water out in fall before they freeze to prevent pex tubing from bursting.
Dandy Dale was cold, he said heck with a potty. Too cold. 😅😅
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'M very happy for you
Thanks. I think I will lose my bay tree, though. Sad 😞
I recommend you use a soft makeup brush on your Avocado flowers. I did a test with mion where I did half the true and not the other. Noticeably larger crop on the makeup brushed side.
I have a video on avocado hand pollination here: ua-cam.com/video/8jdMMjZjI6g/v-deo.htmlsi=LYmiLRWQep0rbcLT
OH MY GOODNESS!! I thought about you a lot! Your so funny. Love you channel! ❤😊 Glad everything is ok.
I appreciate it. Aside from the cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, and maybe the Bay Tree, we made it.
@@TheMillennialGardener I'm in central NC. I we got 2 inches. I'm so over winter already! 🙄
My avacoda trees did well here in SC, 12 degrees last week almost 7 days with snow on the ground!
Even the experimental tropical avocado!
Frost blankets and C-9
Keep snow off is important, so things don’t break
😮 wow
Hahaha you're so funny 👍 I'm from Illinois so we more than you have😅😅😅. I'm a subscriber for a few years I love watching your videos.
It's not fair how cold this winter has been to deal with the absurd heat, humidity and storms we get in summer. If you're going to get nuked all summer, you have to at least make up for it with a mild winter. I'm getting Florida summers and New Jersey winters over here 😂
@@TheMillennialGardener Absolutely Correct, 💯
I covered all of my onions and garlic and added incandescent string lights. I grow in containers and for the first time the potting soil started to freeze. Everything survived.
I like ve your channel, I live in Kennesaw ga. I am grow 7 citrus trees with just lights and heat mats. I did bring trees in when we had snow and 14 drgrees for a week. Because all I have is a balcony and can’t protect them as well on concrete. But they are doing good I have 2 satsuma and 2 sumo orange trees. The hardest tree for me to grow is the mango trees I have but all are doing well. Thanks for all the tips.
That's excellent! I haven't tried a mango. They can't take even the slightest frost. They're definitely one of the tougher things to grow outside of the tropics.
Just want to say thanks for the incandescent light idea. This is my 3rd year with a winter tunnel in WI. Last year was mild so i wasnt proactive when we hit -12 last week. Tunnel got to 10 and i lost some if my winter greens. Anither layer would have helped. I found closeout incandescent lights at my local menards. As i type this, its 15 outside, but 30 under the agribon covers with the lights.
😮😅😅😅❤ What a sense of humor. Oh we have got to get that. Awesome information Anthony. Thank you so much for teaching us all Brother ❤😊
Better Off Dead was my favorite of the 80's John Cusak movies. Peak 1980's comedy right there 😆
@@TheMillennialGardener you are a great actor 😁😂😂❤️
We are so jealous!!!! We got a maybe half that! And yes! I have thought of your prediction every time I saw the polar dips into the US
I am jealous of those that got none 😆
Greetings from Fayetteville. This snowstorm ended a 1,076-day drought between snowfalls. I hope Dale enjoyed the snow. FYI, you've been an inspiration to me, I've been spending this winter clearing out non-fruiting trees and bushes to make room to plant my own orchard this spring, including a bunch of citrus and avocados.
This was our first snow since the big January 2018 storm. I have not missed it, and I hope to not see another flake for another 7+ years 😄 Citrus and avocados in Fayetteville would be something. I definitely think you can do it, especially the citrus. They are a lot easier than the avocado. The Owari satsuma should do fine. I also think you can grow a Yuzu or Ichang lemon with ease. I didn't even protect my Ichang lemon - not even a cover. It is totally unbothered. That'll be a reveal one day.
My Broadleaf Mustard was damaged by the snow and 13 degrees plus wind chill and all my fig tree tips were pruned. The Pineapple Guava got a tiny amount of leaf burn from being wrapped in a tarp for 3 days. My carrots and turnips became sweeter & delicious after the freeze. Now we`re back in the high 60s/low 70s again in Louisiana.
Oh no😂😂😂 that opening 😂
It was traumatic 😅
well we just had a nice rain last night, i even went out for a walk after :)
but yeah i cant imagine the damage snow could cause to crops, even allium leaves get damaged right?
8:47 Yeah, lots of extra buckets or tubs come in handy. Catching water, planting things, and being able to cover up stuff quickly in winter.
I stock old junk nursery pots for just such an occasion. They work pretty well.
Hey Millennial Dude...'Ol Lady Gardener here....Ya know I love ya! Question: your owari satsuma, Lila avacado and meyer lemon, I noticed are planted against your brick house. What direction is the sun coming to them from? Bricks heat up in sun so it seems you have that going for those babies. I have had a potted meyer I bought from the half dead aisle at a big box 2 yrs ago and it does okay but I want to plant it in the ground this spring....if I plant it against the house in the back yard it will face north and not have the benefit of sun heat......just wondering. BTW...you have inspired me to give the satsuma and Lila a shot....TY!
My wall faces due south. That is why I picked that wall for the trees. It gets 8-10 hours of sun each day (depending on the time of the year), and it completely blocks the north wind. The south wall, in the Northern Hemisphere, is always going to be your "warmest wall" of your house, assuming your house is constructed with consistent materials. The heat it radiates all night from the brick is significant.
The worst wall for you to choose will be the North wall. It will not provide much benefit, but it still will provide some. Any wall is better than none. I do have a SugarBelle planted near my doorway on the North side, and it is doing great. Just be very careful and ensure you plant only dwarfing trees. All my citrus are grafted onto trifoliate rootstock, which permanently dwarfs the trees to 6 ft tall babies. Similarly, my Lila avocado is a semi-dwarf that I can keep small with pruning forever. Don't get yourself a full-sized avocado. Don't get yourself satsumas or any citrus grafted onto standard rootstocks. Make sure you are sure the trees are grafted onto trifoliate/Flying Dragon rootstock. That is why I buy all my citrus trees from Stan at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. I make sure he gives me all trifoliate-grafted citrus.
Very nice to see. I in Loweraustria have a warmer winter then last year and I maybe try to plant a Yuzu inground with protection of course in Zone 7b/8a
Yuzu will give you, probably, one of the best chances for a good quality citrus fruit.
My cabbage and lettuce survived 5 days of snow here in south Louisiana
That's good!
i use 4 layers of row cover on my citrus. that and the lights helps me keep at least 20-25 degrees over the outside air temp. best part is the light still gets through it.
4 is a lot. It would obscure so much light, you'd have to remove them after a few days. It'll be fine for a couple days, but when you're using that many, it may as well be an opaque blanket. Just keep the light limitations in-mind. I think that's why my Meyer lemon started to yellow. It was getting angry from lack of sun for so long.
You've got more snow than we do up here in Connecticut.
It was a very southern storm. The angle of the moisture was unusual.
Red Russia Kale is sturdy in 5a. Actually sweeter after a freeze.
It did not handle the cold well, here. The other varieties outperformed it, big time.
Great movie reference
Would you recommend something as heavy as 2.8oz covers for fruit trees to protect from frost/freeze and to protect from heavy spring rain?
I so totally agree with you. Unlike you, my garden is a science experiment. In other words, I'm a novice. Thank goodness I found your channel. I have an above ground garden bed. It looks like a chicken coop to some, but my lovely husband had the idea and I didn't say anything when he built it. I had lettuce and even brussel sprouts as well as celery growing. Well, we had a cold snap and most of that died except a brussel sprout plant in the middle of the bed. This bed has hardware cloth around it and I will wrap the bed in plastic as an attempt at a greenhouse. I took the agricultural fabric and cut a section that would wrap the plant without crowding it and had the fiber glass poles to create a dome. We had temps down to 8 degrees F and the 10" of snow to boot. A couple of days ago I uncovered the plant. I didn't mention that the fabric was two layers thick. The plant has survived! What a miracle!
I'm glad you are finding my channel helpful. Agricultural fabric can work miracles if you have something inside radiating warmth. That being said, my garden is a science experiment, too. A gardener never stops experimenting. Every year, we try to grow new things and hone our craft. I may have more experience than most, but for everything I've learned, there are about 1,000 things that I'm unaware of or need improvement. Never stop experimenting. It is *the thing* that makes gardening fun. Keep growing new crops, planting new trees and challenging yourself.
I'm in Georgia. We had over a week of below freezing temps. Oddly, my hardneck garlic didn't fare so well whereas my softneck garlic is thriving.
I have Red Russian kale that survives without even agrobond over them. I am in Davie County, just west of you. Red Russian kale is my all-time favorite for hardiness and flavor.
I've never had my Red Russian kale take damage. This year, they all got damaged, and some of them died. I'm really surprised. My other kales are fine.
I wonder if the damage to cold could be reduced is you lowered a bit the hoops by 6" or so and the agricultural fabric covered completely the beds.
Being in zone 8, when did you think you'll be pruning your dominant fruit trees?
I'll probably be starting this weekend and tackling it over the next couple weeks. Lots to do!
I can't afford row covers at this time so I skipped straight to Dale 😂 I'm a sucker for him! ❤
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@TheMillennialGardener Hey! Thanks!
What's amazing, but bummer on your cabbage. I'm planning on building my raised beds soon, sounds like deeper is better but the cost would be lots more. I think we are going to build 12" high and with cedar wood (for longevity). Cedar is a bit pricey.
The cold definitely let up. It was 73 today after all the snow we got!
That’s a bit closer to normal. Our average right now is about 62, and we hit 71. Things were so cold for so long, it won’t even out for awhile.
I used the fabric and Hubby built me a plastic cover roughly over the entire little garden corner. Texas. Also pretty darn cold with snow this year.
You really have to be careful with plastic. It can magnify the heat so much during the day that it can roast the plants. I tried greenhouse plastic one year and it was getting over 100 degrees in there by 10AM in January. I had to run outside every morning to vent it so it wouldn't cook my plants. I haven't used greenhouse plastic since.
In South Louisiana we got 10 to 12 inches of snow, 64 years never seen snow that covered the grass
Very impressive. I haven't seen that much snow since I lived in Philadelphia. I don't miss it!
Despite my best efforts at heavy mulching and trunk insulation in Louisiana, I think I lost all four of my two-year-old citrus trees. It is truly a bummer to watch the leaves turn yellow, but stay stuck to the tree, knowing that a chance is likely the tree is gone
Good afternoon my onions that I put on the heat mat are up and off the mat and under grow lights.
Excellent! They're the first transplants I often put out every winter.
I've been fearing snow all month, Luckily none so far! Unfortunately we're expecting snow showers and frozen mixes soon! ToT
Dale didn't want to hear it lol😂
Dale: "I can hold it until Spring." Perhaps snow booties would have made potty time more enjoyable, huh? :)
I think he was considering never taking a drink of water again to avoid going outside. That boy does not like anything cold or wet 😂 We tried to put him in booties. He was not into that *at all* 🐶
I’m in Raleigh. I think you got more snow than I did. My garlic looks good to go but I don’t have a good feeling about most of my onions.
It was a coastal storm from moisture from the Gulf with a really extreme eastern track. We got the worst of the snow, but definitely not the worst of the cold. About an hour inland from me, it was in the single digits when we were "balmy" around 20. My onions got burnt, but they'll grow back. They already got knocked back once this winter back in that freak December cold snap.
Sometimes deep snow insulates from the insanely cold temps we had. We got to neg 5 F but there have been worse winters.
It can protect against extreme cold. For example, if you drop to 0 degrees at night, things under snow can stay technically warmer. But in my case, my “kill” temps are in the teens, and the snow was making things worse by reflecting sun during the day (keeping highs low), and when wind blew across the snow, it was making the wind chill worse. The inflection point where snow insulates is too cold for my zone.
I know lignified fig wood can tolerate freezing temps but I wonder how tolerant the roots are to freezing temps when they are above ground in a pot.
Your brassicas should be fine
Down to 10 here with no problems
Crazy that it’s colder where you are than in Washington state. We’ve just had a couple frost days and nothing to be concerned about.
Earth is the same average temperature every minute of the day, so if it is absurdly cold somewhere, then it has to be much warmer everywhere else to average it out. Cold air sat on top of the US east of the Rockies down to Florida for practically a month, so there wasn't enough cold air left on our side of the planet to make it your way because the cold was so incredibly deep. Now that we are warm in the East for the next 2-3 weeks, expect a big dip in your thermometer. The warm air is sitting over us, now, so it's going to be a chilly February in the PNW.
@ Don’t tell me that LOL. 2019 I saw two months of snow and I had 28 inch and 32 inches at my house in February. That’s the most snow I’ve had over 40 years living out here. Cheers to a new exciting gardening year!!!
Very interesting video, but poor Dale, although it looked like he was having fun anyway
He got used to it. He may never see this again in his lifetime (and hopefully mine 😂), so we made sure to really expose him to it. He was…confused 🤔
@ I love the snow but don’t have a winter garden to contend with. We got 6” this last storm.
I was gonna ask if you also had the lights on with the snow (not snowING) but adventures with Dale kinda answered that. What's your power bill like? If you don't mind answering.
This is the first time, ever, where I had to run lights during the DAYTIME. I had to run them for 3 days straight, never turning them off. I've never had even a 24-hour period before where I've needed to leave them on all day. My house is pretty small, so my electric bill isn't all that much. I wouldn't expect much change. Even if I ran all my lights for 24 hours straight, that would only be about 24 kW-hrs, and at 15 cents per kW-hr, that's only $3.60. Maybe it'll be $10 more than usual to account for that wicked 72 hour period? I may not even notice. My power bill probably averages $120/mo throughout the year, and keep in mind we don't have gas or anything like that. The only thing we pay for is power and water, here.
Is that a duck tape patch? I see you there. I tried this too, and we had a terrible winter weather. But it just tore the fabric worse when the wind swept up.
Yep. Sometimes, the wind blows so badly it snags a branch and tears. I think that jacket is on its 3rd winter, so it is getting worn out. I have a spare or two in storage. The best thing to do is build a cage around everything like I did with my avocado so it minimizes snagging. My area is too tight to do that, though, so I chose the avocado for my structure since it is the most vulnerable.
did you double the fabric or just make one sheet of it .looks like some were doubled
I showed the ones that were doubled in the video. It depends where.
Have you successfully planted tomato plants a month early and protected them with ag cloth?
No. That would require additional heat. I have done so with 5 gallon buckets and milk jugs and burying them under soil on cold nights: ua-cam.com/video/IkNczi2K-lU/v-deo.htmlsi=5gudDpAqgzIDOEiu
In tampa, zone 9a. Tomatoes planted in october or so about 6 feet high and survived the cold. Did cover with bed sheets nights when it was 40's
I just use canvas. The Longest I've ever known a cold snap was 7 days and I do take it off most days but not all. The broccoli, we just had some last night, is the best I've ever grown. I think it's the cold. Zone 9.
Two dollars, I want my two dollars 🤣
Look it’s got raisins in it!
You like raisins 😀
Turns out raisins in meatballs is actually traditional in some regions of Sicily...knocked my socks off.
@ LOL filler to stretch that pound of hamburger.
Come from a family of 11 and my mom could feed a small army using fillers.
And btw, a huge thank you! I’ve learned so much from you and I appreciate your ability to speak clearly and articulately unlike so many UA-camrs who can’t speak two words without um, like, ah, uh every other word. Refreshing and enjoyable speaking!
80F here Central FL… bet your homestead is doing just fine. 😂 I did want to get your take on fig tree planting. You know how you did your avocado tree in a raised bed? Do you think that kind of planting would be beneficial for fig trees as well since they are sensitive to rain?
80 today. Last week, the homestead was in the 40’s for highs for a couple days and mid-30’s at night. It is 72 here right now…but it was 18 last week. Yes, I plant ALL my fruit trees “high.” I have an old video on it here: ua-cam.com/video/6_-aLxCOI8U/v-deo.htmlsi=gVP4-AVtdcsdN_Ch
@ Nice! I’ll watch once I’m done watching this one. Those 40F nights were chilly but only had to cover my Lychee tree. Everything else got through it just fine, thankfully!!
I thought the Satsuma Mandarin Tree ripens its fruit around November? So thry ripen in January?
They start in December, but they hold on the tree for weeks. They are very, very ripe.
@TheMillennialGardener got it. Wow, amazing. I'm in Massachusetts & I got a awari Satsuma Mandarin from your guy last spring and it has handled this winter like a champ. I'm so proud of her. I had her in a shed window. So it still got cold but only 25 the coldest in it & this 2ft plant is taking it like a boss. Great plant.
Better off Dead great movie!!!
Probably my favorite of all those "1980's movies." It's definitely my favorite John Cusack 80's movie.
Sadly you have gotten more snow the me in Minnesota.
We got 7 inches of snow in Georgia
It was too cold here for really big accumulations. This wasn't really even snow. It was about 3.5 inches of solid ice and sleet. You could pick up chunks and toss them like a frisbee.
Lucky ;)
"Lucky," to me, is never seeing another snowflake in my life again, unless I specifically travel to see it 😂
You’re funny though 😂 We had 6 inches snow, We live Closer to Dothan Alabama like for real we’re about an hour to Panama Beach FL
I think it was too cold, here. This was mostly ice and sleet. It was barely even snow.
We are sooooo dry even our promised one storm brought a light rain mist enough to really make my truck dirty! This next week we will be 82 not a cloud can be bought in North Scottsdale Az.
Well, I mean, it's the desert 😁 But, now that we are in a warming trend, I wouldn't be surprised if a little moisture heads your way as dew points rise in February. Things were *so cold* this January that the severely low dew points were negatively impacting precipitation. It needs moisture in the air to precipitate, so that should happen as temps rise.
Snow is insulating. You're probably better off keeping the snow sitting on top of the covers for as long as the overnight temps are getting significantly below freezing.
It is only insulating against severe cold, like below zero levels of cold. The kill temps of my plants are in the teens. The snow, in my case, is making the problem worse, because it reflects warmth during the day (keeping the microclimate cold), and then when the wind rushes above the snow, it drops the wind chill. The inflection point for when snow starts helping is below my zone.
Your garlic should be just fine. I planted mine in 6b, in the fall intentionally to over winter them. Early Italian, late Italian, and people glazer (long and soft neck). I expect all to survive our cold as hell winter we have had!
Oh the garlic is totally fine. Unaffected. So are the leeks. My onions got a little burnt, but that was to be expected. They'll grow back.
@TheMillennialGardener that's great!