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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

thursday night we had snow but it didn't stay below freezing. saturday night 
it got at least as low as 17 - that's what the thermometer read when i 
checked at one point during the night. my peach tree and pear tree are 
wilted, but i'm not sure yet how badly damaged they will be. the strawberries 
all seem to be okay, even the flowers and immature fruit. the few tomatoes i 
had set out early in my optimism are of course mush. most of the peas are 
okay but some are wilted. the turnips and radishes are fine, as is the 
lettuce and spinach. carrots are tiny, but they look fine, too. the lemon 
balm, sage, and lavendar are not happy, but they look like they will pull 
through fine, too. overall, it was much less damage than i expected. all of 
the seeds in my cold frame are likely going to be dead, but i haven't looked 
at them yet. we had no frost, so that might have helped. and there was a 
breeze most of the time. 

roxann, nw ar
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