Today I was scrambling. I\u2019m not talking about eggs either \u2013 although I did scramble up some eggs and fried some turkey bacon for breakfast this morning. \u00a0The scrambling I\u2019m referring to is the dashing-frantically-around-to-get-something-done sort of scrambling.<\/p>\n
It rarely gets cold-cold here in Tennessee before December. If we get snow at all it\u2019s in February. On the rare occasion we\u2019ll get a snowfall around Christmas, but that\u2019s very rare. On that basis I was not in a big hurry to get my garden boxes covered in plastic for protection from winter weather, since winter weather was months away yet. \u00a0Except it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n
The weather guessers have been saying that we can expect overnight low temperatures around 29 degrees over the next couple of days. \u00a0That\u2019s cold enough to do some serious damage to my squash. \u00a0Rain is expected as well \u2013 although it\u2019s not clear if the rain will be first then cold or the other way around. \u00a0They\u2019re not talking about snow, so I suspect it will be cold overnight and rain during the day after it warms. \u00a0If that\u2019s the case, my lettuce and Brussels sprouts should be OK, they just need protection from the cold winds.<\/p>\n
A couple of weeks ago I bought my annual roll of 6 mil semi-transparent plastic which I use to cover the boxes. \u00a0 It\u2019s been sitting here, ready to go to work ever since. \u00a0That 29-degree forecast is for tonight\/tomorrow morning, so today is the last day I have to get this done.<\/p>\n
My garden is done all in raised beds, because we live on the side of a mountain and this is the only way I can garden that doesn\u2019t just wash away every time it rains. \u00a0I have fence boxes made from PVC pipe and poultry mesh to keep the rabbits out of my crops. \u00a0In the winter I can add the plastic sheeting to provide better protection from the elements. \u00a0How much protection is needed depends on what is inside.<\/p>\n
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