Final tally

Results of last nights' freeze: tomato, peppers, poppy flowers, all herbs, rose bushes, gardenia, aloe, and baby crepe myrtles made it. Squash and zucchini did not :(  the large myrtle is dormant and just a bunch of sticks, so only time will tell with that. Also, my frangipani looks fine, but I cannot tell if it is okay on the inside. I know they are sensitive plants, so fingers crossed with those. My bougainvillea was half dormant, and has some lingering flowers. It looks exactly the same as it did a few days ago so I guess it made it as well. Being so close to the beach helps me I suppose. I consider myself lucky!

Cold February night

Once again we are under a freeze warning in the Bay area tonight. I don't remember it ever getting this cold so late in the year, but then again we had an unseasonably warm January. So my potted tomatoes, peppers, squash and zucchini are all on the back porch (yes I decided to make cookies instead of planting). I need to venture out and cover my gardenia, as they are still quite young. And my frangi pani as well, those things are extremely cold sensitive plants (being native to the tropics and all).

The unfortunate part of it all is that the warm temps last month "tricked" a lot of the local plants into waking up. My dormant baby crepe myrtles have tiny little green leaves on them, my rose bush has two buds, and my blueberry bush and apple tree have already have blossoms. I am crossing my fingers that this last cold snap doesn't stave off my new growth! I guess tomorrow morning will tell. At least it's supposed to go up to 60* all week next week.

Oh, here are the cookies I made with my son and my mom:

Freezing tonight?

Wow, I step away from the weather updates for a few days and it takes a turn for the cold! Well, cold for us anyway :) check this out:

My dilemma: I really want to plant my sprouts. I have tried twice now and something has always come up. I have 4 tomato plants, 8 pepper plants, 4 zucchini plants, and 4 squash plants. I even arranged for my mom to come over and watch the kiddos so I could give it my undivided attention. I guess I will make my decision when I wake up in the morning...