My Chicago Garden

Well the NWS forecast was off by at least 10 degrees maybe even 20.  We had what is called a hard freeze (see below) this morning, not a first frost.  The remaining tomato and pea plants are showing signs of damage even though I covered them with a plastic tarp. And even the tomatoes in [...]

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:18:44

FROST EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT…

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. UNDER
GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS…LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. FROST IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION…WITH WIDESPREAD FROST OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

ILZ006-013-014-022-023-032-033-039-280345-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FR.Y.0005.071028T0600Z-071028T1300Z/
LAKE ILLINOIS-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAUKEGAN…CHICAGO…JOLIET…
KANKAKEE…PONTIAC…WATSEKA…PAXTON
244 PM CDT SAT OCT 27 2007

…FROST ADVISORY IN [...]

Eric over on gardenfork.tv dropped me an email to tell me he has started a community website for gardenfork and realworldgreen (his other show).  If you like the show head over, signup and participate. The url is http://thegreenhouse.ning.com/

Those of us in the western suburbs of Chicago better prepare for the first frost of [...]

I got the cold frame completed this weekend.  I had to buy about $50 more of material because of mistakes I made during construction. I wasn’t working from a plan so I knew I ran the risk of things not lining up just right.  I also added two handles on either end for easier lifting.

As [...]

Given that I have had so little time to actually do anything in my garden, I took the last few minutes of my day before I crash into my bed and checked out the local blogs (see links on the bottom right of the page) and found a great post over on Rosemarie’s garden blog.  [...]