Forecast showing chance of first frost here in a week, on Oct 15.
Who has had their first frost already this year?
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We had a light frost last week. Quite late for us
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iirc last year we went til November - very late
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We had a light frost zap the pepper leaves a few days ago.
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Light frost a few days ago- ended my basil. Quite late for us, but not unheard of. Our first frost date is in late August -if we get past that without a frost we can go for weeks, and that’s what happened this year.
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got to 29f last night. very late for us but last year was 2 weeks later.
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We are forecast to have first frost on Wednesday, Oct. 16th, which is pretty much around our normal time in southern Indiana, 6B. I am ready for it to come this year. The wildlife and drought this year have made gardening somewhat miserable. Saw my first woolly worm this morning and he was mostly brown with very little black on his hairy little body. Don’t know if there is any truth to the stories about their ability to forecast winter weather, but I believe more brown and less black is supposed to portend a milder winter. I hope so.
Sandra
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Right on schedule - touch of frost out there this morn. October 16.
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We got our first frost Monday morning the 14th. This morning we got the first solid freeze.
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Along lake michigan nothing, inland 10 miles frosts/freeze last 2 nights in low lying areas. Looks like nice weather until november.
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28F here. About normal i suppose. Things that make it will be fine for another week or 2. 16F was the coldest local reading in low areas to the east. The bluff (600 feet above me) was 32F. Always warmer up there on cold/clear/calm nights.
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They were calling for 34F last night … Got 40F at my place.
Nice… keep those figs and raspberries comming.
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I’ve got nothing out there this year that isn’t ready to die back.
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I’m glad to let things go!
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I have around 150 figs still on my Chicago Hardy… trying to ripen.
Picked 23 yesterday evening. I would like to get a bunch more of those dehydrated.
We got 38-39F this morning… and it is supposed to warm back up … with lows in the 40s and 50s soon.
The latest I ever saw our first hard frost was Dec 3. I picked figs and raspberries that day.
It usually comes in Nov… but occasionally late October.
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We’ve had 2 prior nights below 32F this year, but last night was our first hard frost with 25.3F @ 6:54am.
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Here in Macon County, in the mountains of Western North Carolina, it is 27 degrees this morning with heavy frost covering everything. Our first freeze and frost of the year. In addition to the vegetable garden being largely closed for business now, our Nantahala Raspberries might be done too. Too bad on the raspberries - these fall producing canes are in their first year and only started ripening 3 weeks ago or so.
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we’ve had high 30s a few times, tonight 35F. first good frost tonight.
it’s on time.
summer squash, cukes and okra all dead but these peppers are still thriving somehow. they’re right next to frosted out plants. strange but ok by me.
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We got hard frost last night, was 28 degrees this morning right before sunrise. Put a hurting on the peaches but everything else looks ok. I brought in my baby fig starts and big momma aloe vera will set them back out tomorrow.
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