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[Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>]

I wouldn't call it a crazy late frost; at any rate, not around here.

Traditional frost-free date in this area isn't for another two weeks.  
Things have been warming up, so now it sometimes doesn't frost in May;  
but I certainly wouldn't count on it not doing so.

Prediction for here right now is a low the first night of 32ºF and the  
second of 30º, and my particular spot often runs a little warmer. Most  
fruit bloom is generally hardy to 28º, and after the almost total loss  
of bloom last year in what was genuinely strange weather I've had huge  
amounts of bloom. I doubt I'll do anything much about it except cover  
up the greenhouse (full of vegetable transplants); though I had better  
check the state of strawberry bloom, if there's much of it yet I might  
want to cover those. And I definitely want to pick out the asparagus;  
though that's off topic as not fruit.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale


On May 12, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:

> Please share you favorite methods to protect fruits.
>
> Warnings already posted for central and north eastern US:
> http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=frost%20advisory
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> __________________