My Chicago Garden

The great folks at the National Weather Service are forecasting 38 degrees across the Chicago area but the computer model point forecast is showing 35 degrees tonight for Wheaton.  Ouch! That’s one degree below their 36 degree cut off for frost. That’s a good 3 days ahead of my planning, but well within the high average.

I think I might cry.  The good thing at least is that no frost advisory is out. Which I hope means they are confident the temperature won’t go below 36.

Due to my day job being so busy I haven’t been getting home until after dark most days this week so I haven’t had time to finish the cold frame! That and the mature tomatoes plants still have 10 or 15 green tomatoes on them! Oh the humanity! I could pick them green, but as the graph below shows, the weather is going to go up following this single overnight low.  Decisions, decisions. I just can’t convince myself to harvest the tomatoes before their prime when it’s a one night chance. I guess I’ll take the risk.

*Images built using Wx for the Mac

I can only hope and pray that the NWS folks are wrong by a few degrees…in my favor.  If they are wrong in the downward side this could be the first frost of the season. 3 days early on the average. *sigh*