DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT BY EARLY FROSTS

The seasons change every year as summer rolls into fall and then winter approaches. While we know that there will be a frost we do not know exactly when it will strike. Luckily there are steps you can take to be prepared and make sure that you are not caught out as Shannon McKee explains in her article which I found on Dave’s Garden website.

Are you one of those people that is never prepared for an early frost in your area and panic when one occurs?
frost on leaves

As a gardener, you try to utilize as much of the growing season as you can in order to get as much as a harvest as possible. That means you start your garden inside when old man winter is still blowing hard through your region and transplant them into the soil outside when they are strong enough and the weather has changed enough to allow them to grow. In the fall, this also means that you have to be prepared for those early frosts that can come and ruin the prospect of harvesting a few more fruits and veggies before the end of the season.

A little time now to prepare will make sure that you aren’t surprised by an early frost. Know how to handle it in advance to keep your garden growing as long as you can into the cooler months.

Get a Heads Up

There’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning to realize that an early frost has hit your backyard garden and you weren’t prepared for it. One of the first things that you can do to prepare for early frosts in your area is to keep an eye on the local news. While weather people have a bad reputation for getting the forecasts wrong, they often can give you a heads up when there is the possibility of an early frost in your area. The worst thing that happens could be that you prepped your garden to make it through the frost only to find that there was no frost. But hey, it’s better than not preparing and having a frost occur and put a complete stop to your growth. You may not even have to watch the news as computers and phones can be used to pinpoint the weather for your zip code.

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