The temperature should drop to 33 on Thursday night (Friday morning). That is too close to freezing for comfort. If you have tomatoes, peppers or eggplants in the garden, this is the time to pick them. The peppers and eggplants can be eaten at almost any stage. The tomatoes can be put on the windowsill to ripen or fried as green tomatoes or chopped for chutney.
Greens, lettuce, spinach, and other brassicas don’t mind the cold. If the promised rain for today and tomorrow arrives, it will be good to mulch them, if it hasn’t been done already. A little frost actually improves the flavor and kills most of the bugs.
This is a good time to test the soil so that it can be prepared for spring. Take samples and put them into the free soil test boxes from the agricultural extension service or use the test meters or kits that can be purchased from almost any garden store or catalog. Some people just assume that the soil needs lime. Many garden plants require acid soil and the lime may actually inhibit their growth.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment