Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Wind, Cold, Frost?

We had a lot of wind at the farm over the last couple of days, and it has been cool.  I've had to go from my Tilley hat to my Mamaw knitted hats while working outside.   The wind dries things out and we've not had any rain recently so I have had to water some trees in the orchard and Debby's new weeping willow.  I am going to have to install posts in the mini orchard to brace some of the trees, one of the apple trees I planted this year did not fare well with all of the wind and was bent over.

Last night I created a simple watering system for the willow tree, but I need to create a watering system for the orchard which will be a bigger job.

This morning the thermometer said 33 degreees F, there was frost on the ground and I had to scrape the ice off my windshield.  I like the cool weather but I hope this is the last frost.  Recent cold snaps have killed several plants, the leaves on the grape vines all turned brown as did the leaves on all the black walnut saplings.