Season ending frosts

[farmerdoug]

I am wondering when you guys have had your killing frosts this year if yet?  We had frost this morning but it just nipped a few leaves on the gourd vines. 8) 8) I have seen it frost as early as the first week of September and as late as the second week of November(killing frost I mean). ;)

Chime in with the date of your killing frost of the year when you have it. ???


Farmerdoug

[CHARLIE]

Here in New Richmond, Wisconsin we've had several killing frosts this past week.  I kept the peppers covered but still lost one bush of almost ready Hungarian Wax.  Donna's tomato plants are gone though.  The collards are in good shape. In fact, they seem to get better after a frost, but a downright freeze will kill them.

[Corley5]

We had a pretty good frost last night.  Anything that was sheltered a bit by trees or a building survived but anything in the open got burned.  Some years we don't even get a killing frost here it just starts snowing.  I remember picking tomatoes with snow coming down more than once and one year we had petunias blooming in a  basket hanging from a porch post in Dec.  On the other hand 5 years ago we had 30 degree temps July 15th and a neighbor in the valley east of us lost most of his garden.  On the avg. we usually have a killing frost sometime the end of Sept or first of Oct.  I remember Grandpa telling about a frost in mid August that killed his silage corn and then the temps went into the nineties.  Before they were done chopping they had the garden hose running into the silo filler because the corn was so dry

[beenthere]

What has to die to be classified as a 'killing' frost?   :

[CHARLIE]

The tomatoes an' da petunias...... :D

[Woodcarver]

I thought we would have a killing frost here either Friday or Saturday night, but it didn't happen.  A few leaves nipped, but that was it.  Looks like we won't have one for awhile.

[woodmills1]

believe it or not, it has been neautiful here.  3 weeks ago chilly but no frost.  Last week days in the 80's.  this weekend rainy with 60 days and just under 50 nights.

[SwampDonkey]

No killing frost here yet, but there was some patchy frost in low areas back in august. I picked pumpkins friday and the vines were still green. The blight got my maters and the cukes matured and died a month ago as well as the beans. I leave my rutabego in the grown until hard frost in November, they are already the size of footballs. A hard frost freezes at least a 1/2 inch of top soil like a crust. ;D No one has cut any corn or soyabeans here yet. Some farmers still have 100 acres of taters to dig, been wet except last week.

[Minnesota_boy]

October 7, 2005.  26 degrees at 6:00 A.M.  Perfect for chilling the meat I put down the evening before.  ;D

[Jodi]

I don' think we've had any frost to speak of just yet...  8)

[Jeff]

Still none here. Was in the 30s a couple nights ago but no frost or freeze

[farmerdoug]

Had a fair frost here this morning.   :(Recorded a low of 29 this morning.   Just nipped the tops of the peppers and eggplants.  All we still have in the field that is freezable is peppers, eggplants, and sweet corn.  We are still picking them all. 8)

Farmerdoug

[Fraxinus]

Still waiting for it to happen here.  Second crop of raspberries is starting to come in. 8)  Tonight promises to be pretty cool.  We'll see what happens in the am.

[Jeff]

Yep, we got one last night too. The roof was white this morning, however, most of the flowers made it through. I doubt if they make it tonight though.

[wiam]

28 degrees and clear here now.  I think it is over.

Will

[Sprucegum]

We had a touch of frost every DanG month this year. Our "killing Frost" was back in mid September sometime.
First of October we got snowed on while camped out in the woodlot, it was kinda nice but I 'm glad it melted next day.

[SwampDonkey]

31 degrees this morning, coldest yet.

[crtreedude]

We haven't had a killing frost in like forever.  :D The low is probably about 62 to 65 last night and the high will be somewhere between 75 and 81.  Ask a Costa Rican what killing frost is and they will think you are talking about freezer burn.

Down here even I can be a weatherman.  ;D

[bull]

Not yet just missed us !   frost on the roof of the van and the barn but the tomatoes,peppers and eggplant are still looking ok......    time for some solar assistance to keep the going....   Black plastic cover !!!   lots of green tomatoes need a liitle more heat to rippen

[maple flats]

Had a very light one on the truck windshield this morning but nothing on the maters or lawn yet. This must be a record for us. We usually get one w/full moon in Sept but not this year.

[woodmills1]

Cant believe still only 35 here Kathy did say there was frost on windows down by the river last night when she left work late.

Down by the river..........  shot my baby...............  by who???? :P

[SwampDonkey]

Neil Young, 'Down by the River'. ???

Be on my side,
I'll be on your side, baby
There is no reason
for you to hide
It's so hard for me
staying here all alone
When you could be
taking me for a ride.

Yeah, she could drag me
over the rainbow,
send me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.

You take my hand,
I'll take your hand
Together we may get away
This much madness
is too much sorrow
It's impossible
to make it today.

Yeah, she could drag me
over the rainbow,
send me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.

Be on my side,
I'll be on your side,
baby
There is no reason
for you to hide
It's so hard for me
staying here all alone
When you could be
taking me for a ride.

Yeah, she could drag me
over the rainbow,
send me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.

[woodmills1]

nice.......................

bought that one so long ago it was on 8 track    cowgirl in the sand was also on it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10 min long fit on one track  would click it around again and again. :D

[Grawulf]

"Old man - take a look at my life - I'm a lot like you were" - Only I'm feelin' like I'm a lot like you ARE!  :D Back on track-------- We got a killing frost in Savannah, Ohio last night. Leaves should be peak toward middle of the week. Here come the leaf peepers!!!!!!!!!

[johnjbc]

We still have mostly green trees here but the weather forcast calls for us to see 3x temps this week. Winter won't be long : :

[Woodcarver]

We usually get a hard frost here with the full moon in September, too, especially if it falls in the second half of the month.  This year we've passed the full moon in October with only light frost. I mowed our lawn at the beginning of this past week. Latest we've mowed in the 30+ years we've lived here.

[ohsoloco]

Forecast is calling for wet snow tonight.  Still haven't had any kind of a frost 'round here.  Gotta get out there and cut the grass if it dries up enough  :P

[woodmills1]

still no frost   and   southernman don't need no killin frost round here.

[thiggy]

Well, it got down to 39deg. in Birmingham last night.  We had a killing dew.I had to turn on the furnace to keep my wife happy when I left for work this AM.

[breederman]

 We have only had one light frost and that was just this last sat. depending on when the moon is full we can expect a frost any time in september.
  Now it is "slushing" outside! The weaterman is calling for up to seven inches of snow at over 1500 feet.We are not that high here.This could get ugly as alot of leaves are still on!

[ohsoloco]

Woke up to rain this morning when I let the dog out.  After another short nap it was snowing like crazy!  Several inches on the ground, and the roads are horrible (should've stayed home).  Lots of trees are losing branches since most of them still have all of their leaves  :(

[SwampDonkey]

You guys can just keep that white wet stuff over there thanks. ;) It's going to be raining here off the Wilma hurricane soon.

[breederman]

Just got back from some bussiness and it is Slippery! first snow and people don't slow down.I barly got back up on the hill.Supposed to go to Utica tonight for a meeting.Think I may stay right here!

[DanG]

We're getting close, even here in N. Fla.  Tonites' low is predicted to be 35.

[Teri]

At 2:30 today it was 63,tonight in the 40's!!!

[tnlogger]

yup that time of year frost on the pumkin this morning and 32 degs here  ;)

[beenthere]

DanG and Teri
That's Wisconsin weather (and other places up north). You are so lucky to have some of it.  ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Well now, yes. Count yourself very fortunate. ;D

[Teri]

Well, I for one LIKE IT!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Now if I could see some snow.. 8)

[tnlogger]

Why teri just give it a couple of wks the you can go hunting for that there furby but then again furbys can hide in the snow  ;D

[Teri]

Got better things to do than go huntin furbys... ;D ;D ;D

[Bro. Noble]

Well,  some guy from up north came down here and brought some of that killing frost with him last night >:(  I was glad to see a fellow FFer,  but could have done without the winter weather ;)

He even caught me working.   I was getting ready for Buzz to come visit.  He said he needed a 10'X10' patch to pitch a tent,  so I was picking the rocks off of a spot for him.  He better come visit me one of these days after I went to all that work ;D

[Buzz-sawyer]

I wanted to come but honery Furby wouldnt let me. ;)
Actually had a great visit with the resident furbster at the mill yesterday!!!

[Bro. Noble]

Maybe that 's who was here too?  Couldn't really see him for the whiskers and with the singing "On the Road Again"  I thought that was Willie Nelson.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

We had our first frost this morning. Nothing heavy just enough to make my truck 2 toned!

Heading for the mountain camp in WV  this weekend. The leavs should be in full color. We plan to do some hiking mabe stumble across a turkey, that's usually how I get them.

Jon

[SwampDonkey]

Well, now that we got the first snow storm over with, we can look forward to our Indian summer. 

[pappy]

Had our first killing frost back in August when it killed my peppers and string beans and singed my tomatoes.... >:(


Yesterday we got 8" of the wet sloppy stuff   double yuk  ... and Fort Kent just 7 miles north  got 16" of it...  supposed to be nice here for the next couple days though ... GOOD I'll be able to get those last of the season chores done before the next drop comes and it stays till May!!!

Well, I for one LIKE IT!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Now if I could see some snow.. 8)

Teri will this do ??  (yesterday)



or this ?? (last March)




Happy Pappy

[Teri]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!   8) 8) 8) 8)

I almost forgot what it looked like.  ;)

[bull]

30 degrees this am. checked the tomatoes, peppers and egg plant. they made it......    frost on the barn roof and the vehicles. The garden appears to be in the right spot.. i have picked  tomatoes as late a christmas eve some years but i don't think thats going to happen this year.  I think due to the water table being so high that there is still enogh heat coming from the soil.

[Furby]

I think somebody over did the rock picking. :
At least you can see he's not one to sit around when there's work to be done. ;D

Will this work for a place to pitch your tent Buzz ???

Yup, had a real good visit with a couple of friends......... missed Arky AGAIN though. :

[beenthere]

Now Furby, where did you just get back from?  Is there a story to tell?  Or just this one 'teaser' ? : ???

[Furby]

It's already been told........ read between the lines. ;)

[bull]

Well close enough tomatoes got hit a little and the wife said, lets clean up the garden. 
ALMOST DONE.... Still have beets, carrots,onions,spinach,and swiss card. They are burried in leaves

Picked some nice small peppers and egg plant. The tomatoes were all done.

[Jeff]

We finally got ours last night. October 28, latest I can remember.

[SwampDonkey]

It was 25 F here this morning, I went for a stroll in the woods for 2 or 3 hours and I didn't see any ice in the puddles so the ground must be fairly warm still. A bull moose scared the dickens outta me for a second, bolting like a car out of control through the poplar trees. :D :D Bugger has been knawing the bark off my planted larch, and ripping the tops off my planted white pine. He's gonna get a heavy stick across his snout if he gets too cocky. ;)  The woods are the wettest I've ever seen. I always said there's no scarcity of water in this country.

[Jeff]

The frost missed this even thogu we had heavy frost and 24 degrees.




We have had snap dragons survive all winter tunked into the rocks up close to the house there on the south side. Must be enough heat absorbed from the sun to help them out

[SwampDonkey]

Crocuses are hardy winter plants too. They came up in February where I lived in Prince Rupert, 500 miles up north of Vancouver.

Jeff do you guys have fall asters? They'll take a hard frost (20's F) and survive too. I've seen bubble bees that look frozen in time clasping to the blooms in the fall.

[Ed_K]

 Finally got a frost this morning that did in the maters. This is the latest we've ever gone before a killing frost.

[farmerdoug]

Well, we had our killing frost here Saturday morning(Oct. 29).  It was 23 at 3:30 am in the morning when I left for market.  :( We spent today picking up the good peppers and eggplants.  The last of the sweet corn is now tasteless.  Will chop in the last of the crops and start fall plowing this week.  All I have to pick is the cole crops and that is just until the 14th of Nov.  I then start deer hunting. ;D

Farmerdoug

[Roxie]

Farmerdoug we had our first heavy frost this morning.  In seasons past, I remember most of the leaves from the trees being on the ground by Halloween.  This year, the leaves are just now beginning to turn.  We do have some reds mixed with the orange and yellow and it's so pretty. 

[farmerdoug]

Roxie, I hear you on that.  The maples here are colored from yellows to oranges to reds.  They contrast beautifully against the green oaks.  But with the hard freeze the leaves are now dropping like flys.

Farmerdoug

[SwampDonkey]

Tributaries of the Restigouch R.  Forestry and Outdoor Sportsmanship

Fire trail branch

Sport Camp Brook

Poplar Brook

Wild Goose Lake

Bowman Brook

Burnt Camp Brook

Soldiers Brook

[Buzz-sawyer]

I think somebody over did the rock picking. :
At least you can see he's not one to sit around when there's work to be done. ;D

Will this work for a place to pitch your tent Buzz ???

Yup, had a real good visit with a couple of friends......... missed Arky AGAIN though. :

Well.it is a good start but we need a "Rock FreeZone" to pitch a tent on.......so it may be a spell before that 10x10is clear....I have seen that country before......and recone a fella would hafta sift out 30 acres to get that 10x10........... ??? ??? 8) 8) 8)

[SwampDonkey]

DanG them glaciers :D :D ;D