mediaOrganic » Weather http://www.media-organic.com a journal of sustainable suburban living Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:17:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Frost Warning in Effect http://www.media-organic.com/frost-warning-in-effect http://www.media-organic.com/frost-warning-in-effect#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 11:46:52 +0000 John http://www.media-organic.com/?p=813 This is how we protect our tomatoes (that have blossoms) when there is a frost warning. Note the innovative use of an extra mattress pad to protect our container plants in the courtyard. [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/frost-warning-in-effect/feed 0 FROST! http://www.media-organic.com/frost http://www.media-organic.com/frost#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:44:34 +0000 John http://www.media-organic.com/?p=678

FROST! April 28

Woke up to a cold house and found that it had frosted last night. The only crop that worries me are my tomatoes which I gambled on putting in early in the bed next to the house because it is unusually warm. I’ll need to assess the damage over coming [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/frost/feed 0 June 2009, cloudiest month on record http://www.media-organic.com/june-2009-cloudiest-month-on-record http://www.media-organic.com/june-2009-cloudiest-month-on-record#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:34:25 +0000 John http://www.media-organic.com/?p=534 Well it’s official, June 2009 was the cloudiest month on record in New England though not the rainiest. The clouds certainly cast a pall on the garden but things haven’t been a total disaster. The chard, peas and other cool weather crops are going gangbusters. I can’t keep up with all the lettuce, spinach, kohlrabi, cauliflower, etc. [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/june-2009-cloudiest-month-on-record/feed 2