The freeze
And so, winter begins to set in. With the wind chill yesterday, the apparent (feels like) temperature was about -10C. There was frost and ice all over the open sections of our yard this morning. The lettuces/greens which were under remay and plastic where icy too. Never having been confronted by this situation before, I almost panicked but then I remembered; water before the sun hits them. This proved a little difficult as the outside tap/pipe had frozen and so, I was ferrying water in my watering can from the laundry. Not a drama but there is nothing like carrying water to make you appreciate the ease that a pipe, tap and hose affords.
Will the lettuces, celery and less hardy greens turn to mush.? Well,we’ll see. Nothing like moving to a new place (albeit, just up the street and round the corner from the old place) to make you learn new things.
Ah, the old frozen pipe scenario. I remember it with fondness. At least it sounds like yours didn’t burst…
Just turned cold down here as well. Hail in the middle of the night, sunny today but 7 degrees.
No burst pipes thankfully! Sunny and cold here too. This is the time of year, that double digit temps (ie 10 degrees) seem like a gift.
It’s all fine unless the wind picks up. The new place isn’t protected from the wind like the old one was.
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