Started a fire today

Wife was cold.
the house was at 66°.
Cloudy, few rain drops, windy, high of 57° , to be low 40s tonight.
Took the chill off, hoping to no have to open windows tonight

Arctic air headed our way, snow levels down to 2000 feet by the week-end.
Prime time "hypothermia" conditions, everyone thinks it's summer .

 

I've been burning almost every night, just a small load or two of chunks/uglies, was 26 the other night, I don't think we've hit 70 yet, maybe this weekend, longest coldest winter in some time. Bugs aren't even out yet.

 

Climate forecast is for colder than normal Mid-West.
Great Lakes region effected by the lakes colder than normal temperatures.

Another fire today

 

yeah, what the heck happened! Was 39 deg on wed am and 41 this morn. No likey

 

My stove's only been cold the last two nights, but had to fire back up tonight. Just how it goes.

 

Its the other way here. Still haven't got the a/c in and I really don't want to open the windows due to my allergy's.

 

It's been cooling off at night. High in the lower 80's today, but no a/c given overnight lows.

 

44° & rain here today. At least the wind has finally died down
Fire still going.
The cold nights in the hight 30s are tough on the garden plants. They are in kinda a holding pattern waiting for 50° + nights.
Past few days with highs only near 50, I need a green house over the whole garden

 

That's why I gave up growing vegetables. The weather makes it too hard. Might be 75* for 3 days and then snow after. Or rain for nearly 2 months straight like last fall.

Even my yard doesn't grow all that great.

 

FIRE!!! I gave that up in April. I have beans up 6ft high and squash a week or so away from ready. My tomatoes are thigh high and those who buy older plants have fruit on them a few weeks away!! My okra is 8"s tall. And its been in the low 90s for weeks here!!

 

I have cucumbers almost ready,
Will be getting ripe Tomatoes in about 3 weeks

 

Dang Bogy your tomatoes are ahead of mine!!! Yours must be in greenhouse? I barely have little ones but I planes the tiny 4 pack plants and did it early may later april?

 

Yea
Here we have to grow toms, cucs & peppers in a green house.
Lots of sun but cool soil & night time temps.

 

I think I would have trouble fitting my 24 tomatoes plants in there!!!

 

Just make a bigger GH
Buddy just down the road has a bigger & heated (wood stove ) GH
He starts in March, has ripe tomatoes early.
We've been taste testing several heirloom varieties for weeks.

 

WOW. I am a tomatoes person but just have not got past my old staple of better boy. Its what my grandma grew my whole life. I can grow them to a dollar or identical taste! There what I grew up loving and craving.

My dad says my tomatoes remind him of his now passed mothers, my grandma. Says he can't grow them the same and you cant buy them like that. We assume its the region. I live in a similar area with similar soil structure and about the type are when you talk about native vegetation and region of the state.

 

Few good tasting "store bought" tomatoes.
Vine ripened makes a big difference

Try the burpee " brandy boy" hybrid
One good tasting tomato with good production , potato leaf