SNOW
It fucking snowed here Monday. SNOW. Okay, for less than a minute, but STILL.
I'm fifty miles east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and I guess this was a little bit of their snow.
But STILL. It was supposed to go down to 33F/0C Tuesday night, which meant I had to drag everything tropical back into the house: orchid, clivias, lipstick plant, etc. and my flats of polkadot plants.
So I'm holding off on planting anything (our frost-safe date is allegedly April 1 or April 15 - I don't bother keeping exact track of a lie - we have learned it is really May 15). I dragged the lipstick plant and the orchid back into the house. I'm fretting over the safety of my petunias and unplanted herbs... bring them in, plant them, what?
I will shortly leave for a two-week trip and I can't find a plant-sitter, which is making this worse. I thought that without a dog, I could travel with a clear conscience but nnnoooOOoooooooo.
I have some dissectum Japanese maples which require the tenderest of loving care, i.e., copious watering. Dammit.
I'm fifty miles east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and I guess this was a little bit of their snow.
But STILL. It was supposed to go down to 33F/0C Tuesday night, which meant I had to drag everything tropical back into the house: orchid, clivias, lipstick plant, etc. and my flats of polkadot plants.
So I'm holding off on planting anything (our frost-safe date is allegedly April 1 or April 15 - I don't bother keeping exact track of a lie - we have learned it is really May 15). I dragged the lipstick plant and the orchid back into the house. I'm fretting over the safety of my petunias and unplanted herbs... bring them in, plant them, what?
I will shortly leave for a two-week trip and I can't find a plant-sitter, which is making this worse. I thought that without a dog, I could travel with a clear conscience but nnnoooOOoooooooo.
I have some dissectum Japanese maples which require the tenderest of loving care, i.e., copious watering. Dammit.