Comments on: Lessons Learned from an Unseasonably Warm Autumn http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: germi http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16972 germi Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:24:38 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16972 Hi Gayla! Welcome to what gardening in Southern California is like - it'll most likely still be in the mid-to-late 80's until after Thanksgiving, which seems wrong - that's salad eating weather, not turkey/stuffing/mashed potatoes eating weather! But the second spring is nice. Having fresh tomatoes in December is nice. Peas, kale, carrots ... I feel strange complaining when the bounty keeps coming. But it IS getting warmer. Every year. And that scares me. Hi Gayla!
Welcome to what gardening in Southern California is like – it’ll most likely still be in the mid-to-late 80′s until after Thanksgiving, which seems wrong – that’s salad eating weather, not turkey/stuffing/mashed potatoes eating weather!
But the second spring is nice. Having fresh tomatoes in December is nice. Peas, kale, carrots … I feel strange complaining when the bounty keeps coming.
But it IS getting warmer. Every year. And that scares me.

]]> By: Laurel http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16937 Laurel Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:12:58 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16937 lovely photos! lovely photos!

]]> By: tracey http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16928 tracey Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:44:07 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16928 beauty. beauty.

]]> By: kay http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16917 kay Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:05:14 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16917 I enjoyed the pretty pictures you took. I enjoyed the pretty pictures you took.

]]> By: Sorellina http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16901 Sorellina Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:32:02 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/10/09/lessons-learned-from-an-unseasonably-warm-autumn/#comment-16901 Ciao Gayla- I hear you! I've got silly tomatoes thinking it's August, growing to the point of having me do additional tying up. I had intended to yank out the dwarfs out front, but they're still producing. Tristan's cosmos finally decided to flower in a huge way, his cherry tomatoes are still giving us a couple of cups each day, and we're still getting about 2 lbs of beans per week. The raspberries and blackberries are also still producing about 2 cups of fruit per week. I have enough tomatillos for the entire GTA! The main thing I'm concerned about at the moment is my basil, not for the leaves, for the seeds. I've got a lot of varieties out there that I wouldn't mind saving, but the seeds are still immature and the racemes haven't stopped flowering at the top. I'm praying that this warmth will last long enough for the seeds to ripen to black so I can snip off all the racemes before frost arrives. Ciao Gayla-

I hear you! I’ve got silly tomatoes thinking it’s August, growing to the point of having me do additional tying up. I had intended to yank out the dwarfs out front, but they’re still producing. Tristan’s cosmos finally decided to flower in a huge way, his cherry tomatoes are still giving us a couple of cups each day, and we’re still getting about 2 lbs of beans per week. The raspberries and blackberries are also still producing about 2 cups of fruit per week. I have enough tomatillos for the entire GTA!

The main thing I’m concerned about at the moment is my basil, not for the leaves, for the seeds. I’ve got a lot of varieties out there that I wouldn’t mind saving, but the seeds are still immature and the racemes haven’t stopped flowering at the top. I’m praying that this warmth will last long enough for the seeds to ripen to black so I can snip off all the racemes before frost arrives.

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