I didn't realize I had quite so many hanging baskets. Sheesh. Usually I leave the geraniums and cyclamen outside if it is only around 32, but 28?, yeah they are coming inside. I clearly need to hang some more rods in the garage for them though as most of them are hanging off the ladder!:
The Meyer lemon is wrapped in christmas lights to keep it just a little bit warmer. I also will wrap it in a thick blanket and a big ol' frost cover:
And I brought in any green tomatoes as the freeze will abso-tively kill the plants tonight:
And what to do with the green tomatoes? The bigger ones will be fried up 'cause I LOVE me some fried green tomatoes!! And the rest, well, I think I am going to try making that green tomato chutney that Lancashire Rose posted here. It looks delish!
And I will wrap the Aloe Vera that is planted in the ground. It has been so warm the last couple of years that I was able to plant the aloe right out in the yard. It can't take a freeze at all, so I just wrap it up and usually only the tips will be damaged if there is a hard freeze. Plus, it is kinda sheltered by the fence and the Texas yellow bells that grew around it. The aloe is also about to bloom, so I will probably just pick the bloom stalk and bring it inside and put it in a vase. It will freeze outside, so I might as well just bring it in and see if it blooms.
Same goes for the Mexican Tuberose. They are about to bloom, so I am picking them today and bringing them in to put in a vase. They smell so nice and are so pretty:
My aloe vera is planted out and has gotten very big over the last couple of winters of mild temperatures. I don't have enough things to wrap up everything so it was left out in the cold. I thought it had gotten by unscathed but on the second day after the freeze I did notice some frost damage. The plants aren't dead by any means and I'm not too worried as they pup like crazy.
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ReplyDeleteThat is true, the aloe does pup like crazy! If the top froze, I could always replace it with one of the pups that is sure to pop up from the ground in the spring.