{"id":10592,"date":"2024-09-09T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=10592"},"modified":"2024-09-09T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:41:51","slug":"we-had-30-degrees-f-for-an-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2024\/09\/09\/we-had-30-degrees-f-for-an-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"We had 30 degrees F for an hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we had a very long window of preparation, we were able to do a lot to be prepared for the frost we felt was inevitable. We picked tomatoes for three days, ending up with 16 crates full. Of course we did give crates to our friends, Dara, Sherri, and Heather. We were tired but moving forward. But then Brad from PBS had to come out before the frost for another photo shoot \u2014 Friday afternoon, the day of the frost. We managed that well, though. And, after Brad left, I got a call from a family who had come to the homeschooling group’s tour, offering to come help!<\/p>\n

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Right now, we have 16 crates of tomatoes on the front porch, just waiting for me \u2026 Plus a lot more in the garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Today I’m canning up salsa from the tomatoes I seeded out yesterday. The chickens get the bad spots and stem ends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mom, Dad and four kids sure helped a lot! Riley helped Will spread big tarps out on all our melons and cucumbers while his wife and the kids helped me pick tomatoes. Before dark, we were done but there were still lots of tomatoes out there. I just prayed and hoped for the best. They took home a crate of tomatoes and also my very hearty thanks. Will carried in the pots of Angel Trumpets while I took the begonias and impatiens that were potted, onto the porch.<\/p>\n

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Our Angel Trumpets now sit in our living room, in the sun of the south-facing windows, blooming away like mad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday morning, I got up at 9 AM and took the golf cart around to look at the gardens. The one closest to the house and on top of the ridge had no damage. The others had minimal frost burn. Thank you, God! The top leaves on the uncovered tomatoes and peppers burned but the fruit was fine, as were most of the lower leaves. The squash and pumpkin vines had the top leaves burned as well, but the lower leaves were fine. Some corn leaves were burned but the main stalks are green and also many of the leaves are untouched. All in all, we’re very happy!<\/p>\n

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These are some of our peppers. Left to right, Donkey Ears sweet pepper, assorted, jalape\u00f1os for Cowboy Candy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday, I started seeding out the tomatoes that sit in crates on the front porch and today, I’m canning another batch of salsa. Meanwhile, our friend, Heather, came over and is picking dry beans in the Main Garden. Fortunately, many of our dry beans have dried down and the rest seem unhurt by the frost. Tomorrow, I get to can up a big batch of Cowboy Candy and Vaquero Relish. Plus, extra syrup, of course! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we had a very long window of preparation, we were able to do a lot to be prepared for the frost we felt was inevitable. We picked tomatoes for three days, ending up with 16 crates full. Of course we did give crates to our friends, Dara, Sherri, and Heather. We were tired but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,12,13,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10598,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10592\/revisions\/10598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}