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Oh on another note. My local lowes and home depot got hit HARD last night from the freeze. 80% of their veggies and herbs got wiped out from the freeze. It was a slaughter.

I bought a few new flowers to add to the garden out front. One to replace my burned plant, he definitely bit the dust in the freeze last night. Also purchased two new veggies this time I went with green bell peppers. I'll post some pictures of the progress of my plants once the green bells get used to their new spot. Bonnie's best with their pots that you plant sure do seem to limit the transplant shock. Whoever has a patent on those made some serious bank.

Hit 26 last night. All of the plants appear ok except for one of my snap dragons on the end got nipped pretty good... May have lost that guy but the rest appear to have survived with little to no damage.

Thank you to all who helped me come up with ideas in how to possibly save them

It sounds like you've done everything possible to protect the plants.  Hopefully, they'll be fine, or at least the damage is very minimal.

I've got some tulips that are about to bloom. I really hope they do ok.

Well brought my potted plants indoors. Heavily watered my outdoor flower garden and staked it up and placed some sheets over my plants. THe next two nights should be interesting to see if I can escape with no damage to them.

Thank you folks!

ok s it's looking more and more likely like I will be dealing with a freeze this weekend....  I can move my potted plants indoors but what about my flowers?  Is there anything I can do to protect them from the freeze besides making sure they get watered heavily before I go to sleep?  I anticipate the worst case scenario being 25-28 for a lowest reading and being below freezing for no longer than 4-5 hours.  Any tips are most welcome.

Thank you!

Thanks for the replies. Im driving down to the gulf coast soon and always look forward to the first significant signs of spring. Sounds like it will be noticeable by Tennessee. Still have some patchy snow cover and nights in the low 20s up here so it will be nice to see a different landscape. 

 

What you guys are describing is what I normally notice around mid April to early May 

Cool Nights and warm days along with ample moisture has really giving Spring a jump start down here.  Everything is very green and healthy right now.

Nice photos. Hows the green up coming along down there? Noticed lots of 60s-70s over the 7-10 days, have the trees and vegetation started responding? 

Thank you,

Everything is blooming big time right now.  Lots of whites and purples coming in.  You can start to see the green trees getting little buds as well. 

It seems like all of my plants handled the transplants well.  All are nice and perky now, the cowhorn peppers are really growing fast....

My setup over the weekend :

Then there is a question of why you would want to live in an Arid wasteland, and then becoming physically too hot this century to be outside. If projections hold.

You mean Atlanta in Summer?

Cowbell hot peppers in one pot and some sweet red bell peppers in another very large pot.

Also planted some flowers this morning as well, a nice assortment of bulbs and flowers, Spring is here. Yea!!

The claims of a 10 foot SLR by 2100 are irresponsible.  It isn't going to happen, even the most aggressive modeling says a 10' rise in 85 years is quackery.  You aren't helping, you are hurting the cause of bringing awareness and taking the ridiculousness out of CC debates.

Definitely post pics and best of luck.  Nothing wrong with buying plants, the stuff at lowes right now for 3 bucks a plant looks better than my seedlings hehe.

I was told yesterday that growing tomatoes in a pot could be problematic due to how unruly the plants can get.  Is this something I should be concerned about?

I cleared (dug up and tilled and derooted) a 20'X5' area in the front of my house for flowers to be planted.  I am also going to grow peppers and tomatoes in pots this year around back of my house.  I'm going to buy plants as opposed to seeds due to my newbieishness when it comes to gardening.  I have decided to place the pots outside though, not in the screened area (taking my chances with the animals and mischievous kids)  I will keep you guys updated with some pics when I get some plants placed in my new garden area.  I'll also keep some pics up of my veggies when and if they work out lol...

I've never tried them in pots, but I'm sure if the pot is big enough and there is enough light they'd grow fine.  Is the screened room pretty bright?  South facing by chance?

Southwest facing and the screened in area is probably going to get some direct sunlight.  I think between neighborhood kids and stray animals my veggies would get messed with outside. Hopefully going to be buying some land in the next few years where I can really take this hobby to where I want it to go.  I think I'm going to give it a try, the worst thing that happens is I learn a little about gardening. lol... 

Is it possible to grow peppers (bell/red/yellow) in pots?  I live in a townhouse so I don't have a lot of space outside and I worry about the neighborhood kids messing with my plants when they grow.  Can I grow peppers in pots inside a screened in area that doesn't get direct sunlight?  Or am I stuck with having to place them outside in the ground or in pots?

Thank you in advance
 

I really enjoy seeing the pictures folks, keep them coming.  Puts a real life image to a screen name.

Throwback pictures of winter wonderlands :

Late December 2000 in the mountains of Colorado, I'm the guy wearing brown.

March 2003 ish on Oneida Lake in upstate NY :

Maybe in my lifetime I'll see Marietta look like these photos lol.

Iwas at that one... had i chopped my hair by the time of that GTG?

You still had hair man. It wasn't long but you had lots of it.

She was a slutty cat, and I was an actual cat; this being college and all.

You have a winner sir.

Watching the Bears get crushed by Cowboys Thursday night 

 

Didn't we meet at the SE GTG a few years back at mountain marvels place? I remember you with hair man.

 November 13, 2014 Miami.

 

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Not how I pictured you.  Nice photo.

Girlfriend and I at Halloween. We were cats.

Edit: not sure why it's sideways lol

Cats are awesome.  Great costumes.

Me, my daughter, and my fiancée at the park.

it took the staff almost a year to figure out the obvious

Bethesda?