I was wrong!
After running my quick errand at 8 am to the post office, the sky started getting really dark and the temp dropped 10º in the 30 minutes I was gone.
This is what the tomatoes looked like at 6:30 am, they have put on a lot of growth in just 2 weeks of being outside and we are expected to get gusty winds today...
This is what I was greeted with when arriving back home at 8:30 am. The airfield at the base is directly across the road from us, this storm was approaching fast...
I only got 4 tomatoes tied up before the winds and rain started. Temps are expected to get down into the 40's tonight, and I'm a little worried about them, hard to believe it's been in the 80's every day and 60's at night, and now this - the challenges of gardening! I wish I had planned ahead a little better, then I could have scheduled a sewing day instead of waiting to run out and tie tomatoes in between sheets of rain!
As for the harvest yesterday, "same s***, different day!" No complaints though, we love our salad here.
In other news - not sure if I told you all, but hubby transferred to a different squadron, he's doing back-to-back sea duty tours to maximize our income over the next few years. It's not that newsworthy, since the other squadron is still located on the same base, so there is no disruption in our daily lives. So instead of being a Gypsy wife (that's the squadron's nickname, not one my hubby gave me LOL) I am now a "Gunslinger" wife!
(image from VFA-105 website)
I am attending my first FRG meeting tonight with the new squadron and look forward to meeting some new people. I'm very excited about the fact that I get to do it sans kids - since hubby was deployed all last year I had to drag the kids along to every one!
ooops, I usually try really hard to not use acronyms when I write, but it's hard to remember sometimes! You fans of the show "Army Wives" probably know what an FRG is/does, but it actually stands for "Family Readiness Group", sorry for my lapse into miltarese!
ReplyDeleteThis weather is just crazy! It was 80 yesterday, warm last night and just turned damp and cold. I brought my tomatoes in and covered the ones in the garden since they have already had too much rain.
ReplyDeleteI'll take your predicted 40's overnight! I woke up this morning to 27!!! I haven't been out yet to check my little plants in the garden. I know they're all cold weather varieties and under row covers but really.... that's just too darn cold for May.
ReplyDeleteYour tomatoes should be fine at 40. It may slow them down a bit but I think they'll be OK.
Judy
It is a cold May, like Judy said. And the rains, oh my. I dug a hole to plant a blueberry bush and the entire hold filled in with water in minutes. That is how oversaturated the ground is. I will put money on the fact it barely rains in July and August. I hope your tomatoes hold up against the storm and so do you.
ReplyDeleteCrazy weather, for sure. Congrats (yes?) on your hubby's new squadron. I am assuming that you get to stay put - there's no moving around? I mean, you have everything JUST SO! You'll have to tell us all about your new group - and I think your tomatoes will be fine. Our temps have been seesawing every day. It's hard to know what to plant when.
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy if we had ONE night above freezing. It's getting really old taking my flats out in the morning, and back in at night. Though I could NEVER plant them before June 1, at least SOME nights I could leave them out. Not this year. Crazy crazy weather.
ReplyDeleteI just love the touch of color from pansy (viola?) petals in the salad. Great idea!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your tomatoes! Before I knew how bad the storms had been here, I was so worried about mine. The first thing I did after we all came out of out "fraidy hole" (the guest bathroom) was run outside and check on the garden. Then we realized how bad everything really was and I just kind of forgot about them until a few days later...
ReplyDeleteI have a red-neck joke I wanted to share[ and don't no-body take offense cuz I married one] THERE WAS A WOMAN AT A RESTAURANT CHOKING ON HER FOOD AFTER HEARING THE 2 HILLBILLIES TALKING ABOUT THERE STILL. ONE OF THE HILLBILLIES ASKED HER"CAN YER SWALLER" SHE SHOOK HER HEAD---HE ASKED AGAIN "CAN YER BREATHE" SHE HOOK HER HEAD A SECOND TIME. HE JUMPS UP FROM HIS TABLE---GOES OVER TO THE WOMAN-LIFTS UP HER DRESS-PULLS DOWN HER PANTS AND LICKS HER LEFT CHEEK---NOW THE WOMAN WAS SO FLABBERGASTED SHE CHOCKED UP THE FOOD SHE COULDN'T GET DOWN. THE HILLBILLY HEADS BACK TO HIS TABLE WHERE HIS FELLER HILLBILLY FRIEND SAYS" I'VE HEARD OF THAT DARN HIND-LICK MANEUVER,BUT i JUST NEVER SEEN IT DONE BEFORE'
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