The hail and frost we had a week ago killed all the zucchini and tomato plants Dad and I put in the ground. They look really pathetic just standing there all dead. We need to go get some more if we want to grow anything this year but it is already late in the growing season (it was late in the growing season when we planted the stuff in the first place).
The lettuce, herbs and onions seem to be thriving. I would have thought frost and hail would kill herbs. Herbs just scream "fragile" to me (don't worry; plants don't really talk to me, that would be silly). Apparently peppermint, rosemary, and basil are heartier than they look.
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That's so sad! This has been a crazy weather year for Washingtonians!
With Dad's engineering skill and knack at tinkering I'm surprised he's still planting in those open-air planter boxes. I'd have thought there'd be some sort of NASA-design-copied Ecodome in the background by now.
funny you should mention that Jon, he was just talking about rigging up a canopy thing with a light inside it to keep the tomatoes warm (we had frost again this morning, although we hadn't replanted yet)
I want a garden.
I want a gardener to go with it though.
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