That picture just made me a little sad too. We have 70s and 80s and my basjoo is still green as summer but the cold is going to come tomorrow. I hope there won't be a frost yet in Chicago 🙁 I got to start thinking about winter protection soon now.
Heh, even for the awesome long year:
Fri sat sun M Tu Wed
High 5 °C 4 °C 4 °C 2 °C 1 °C 5 °C
Feels Like -2 -3 -3 -2 -7 -3
Low -1 °C -3 °C -3 °C -4 °C -3 °C -2 °C
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Ugh that snow in Canada! You can keep it!
@ Tim, Do those gingers stay in the ground all year???
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So far this fall the low has reached about -2.5 C. There was some frost on windshields a couple of times, but my figs and other plants haven't fried yet. However, it's supposed to reach around -4 C tomorrow night, so things may change! I have all of my small tropicals (Plumerias, etc) still outside under a tarp 😆
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A sunny day, and protection "doors" (OK, just plastic sheets 😆 ) are open.
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Thermostat is inside (away from the sun) near the spear.
Kinda warm in there 😆 😆 That's 91 F
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