Baymule
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A few days at a time is about the worst we get. Heat tape? Frost line? 
FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.
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Ferguson K
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It's cold.
My heaters are having a hard time heating the house. Ugh.
My heaters are having a hard time heating the house. Ugh.
Bruce
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Bring the animals inside @Ferguson K ! They will warm it up real nice for you.
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Ferguson K
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I forgot to cover my plants.
It's been in the 20s.
I bet I lost all of my roses and aloe Vera. My orchids can probably save....and maybe my bromeliads...
Ugh
Tired brain did me no justice.
They're covered now. I'm cold to my bones. It's 19°.
It's been in the 20s.
I bet I lost all of my roses and aloe Vera. My orchids can probably save....and maybe my bromeliads...
Ugh
Tired brain did me no justice.
They're covered now. I'm cold to my bones. It's 19°.
lcertuche
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It was cold here too. Schools shut down but we braved the roads to go the the doctor since another front was predicted. I've now got a shot in the backside and a fistfull of pills but I expect to feel better in time for church Sunday morning, if it isn't canceled anyway. Most of our snow (if we get any) is in Feb. or March. My poor chickens won't come out of their coop. Just hunkered down.
CntryBoy777
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Your roses should be okay, but the aloe vera and bromeliads could be iffy....hope ya don't loose any! 
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Ferguson K
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The roots didn't freeze because we stuff leaves from the oak tree on them, all throughout the pots
The leaves definitely felt it. On the aloe. They've shriveled. Pulled a lot of plants inside. Goats have warm toasty areas thanks to John. He put in tons of wind blockers and old hay has been left in the stalls and shelters to give them warmth. The truck bed covers John gave them is where everyone was hiding today.
We're on the way to my dad's for a last of the season hunt to restock the freezer.
The leaves definitely felt it. On the aloe. They've shriveled. Pulled a lot of plants inside. Goats have warm toasty areas thanks to John. He put in tons of wind blockers and old hay has been left in the stalls and shelters to give them warmth. The truck bed covers John gave them is where everyone was hiding today.
We're on the way to my dad's for a last of the season hunt to restock the freezer.
Hens and Roos
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Hope you don't lose all your plants!
Bruce
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I've had roses up here in VT where the ground freezes 3', sometimes 4' down. Tea roses are iffy but floribundas can do pretty well. In our area it is best to cut the canes down enough to be able to put a bucket or something over it so the winter wind doesn't dry them out.
I doubt 1 freeze with snow will kill your rose bushes. Being a succulent, I would guess the aloe vera has had it though
I doubt 1 freeze with snow will kill your rose bushes. Being a succulent, I would guess the aloe vera has had it though
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Ferguson K
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The aloe and the orchids were protected from the wind by the shed but they're clearly hurting. I'm hoping the thick layer of leaves on them saves most of them.
I have some aloe that are over 40 years old, and some of my bromeliads top. My grandmother gave them to me. The mother aloe is in the house, it's her pups that got left out and most of them are over 10 years old and HUGE.
I'm going to beat myself up.
What may save them is I watered them all before it froze. I always do. That way the water freezes not the plant
Time will tell.
My mom is house sitting this weekend and she is dragging everything into the house and shed right now.
@Bruce I have over 50 succulents. I would be happy if 1 each survives my mistake. A frost won't hurt them. It's the winds and the snow that would've got them. I let them get one good frost before they come in for the winter. I didn't expect precipitation and winds. The wind chill was 12° this morning.
It has "warmed" up to °20 in South Texas where we are right now. I should break my shorts! Burr!
I have some aloe that are over 40 years old, and some of my bromeliads top. My grandmother gave them to me. The mother aloe is in the house, it's her pups that got left out and most of them are over 10 years old and HUGE.
I'm going to beat myself up. What may save them is I watered them all before it froze. I always do. That way the water freezes not the plant
Time will tell.
My mom is house sitting this weekend and she is dragging everything into the house and shed right now.
@Bruce I have over 50 succulents. I would be happy if 1 each survives my mistake. A frost won't hurt them. It's the winds and the snow that would've got them. I let them get one good frost before they come in for the winter. I didn't expect precipitation and winds. The wind chill was 12° this morning.
It has "warmed" up to °20 in South Texas where we are right now. I should break my shorts! Burr!
