WE TOOK A BIG LOSS -- LESSONS LEARNED!

[@LazyDogFarm]

How do you protect your garden during freezing temperatures? Let us know! SHOP LAZY DOG FARM FIG TREES: lazydogfarm.com/collections/fig-trees 0:00 Intro 0:35 How Cold Did It Get During the Arctic Blast? 1:57 Wrapping Our Well to Keep Water from Freezing 3:30 Heating Our Greenhouse During the Arctic Blast 3:40 Damage to Brassica Plants 6:35 Damage to Our Onion and Garlic Plot 8:23 Damage to Cover Crop Plots 10:42 Damage to the Raised Bed Garden

[@MA-mh1vs]

I was wintering my pepper plants in the garage and even with heat going it was just to cold and all took freeze damage but some plants took a hard freeze on night one. We brought everything into the house in hopes of saving them. A few are not showing any signs of new leaf growth but most seem to be bouncing back. Crazy thing is the lemon and lime trees took that freeze just fine and the lemon tree has the beginning of a tiny bud now!

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

Cut the swiss chard back to an inch or two high. 2 years ago when we had 6 degrees here in Texas, my swiss chard looked like toast. I cut it back and it produced awesome.

[@CraftEccentricity]

I'm zone 9 and my raised beds survived. I stitched sheets and blankets from thrift, and used 200 watt bulbs. Toms, peppers, cucumbers etc all survived

[@robinwhitlatch4497]

In past years when I had left root vegetables in the ground we had a lot of snow & freezing temperatures Oct - early March. I mulched them with thick straw. I thought they would be toast but, they grew back their leaves and the vegetables were just fine. I dug through snow every year to get beets, carrots & rutabagas to eat and they were just fine. Just have to be patient, give them some time & see what happens. I plant garlic in Oct/Nov, If there was any top growth it dies back at the first frost and it comes back, forms heads & tops just fine in the spring when it starts warming up.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

My heart hurts seeing all your hard work dead from the freeze. Take some time to rest for Spring planting.

[@mousiebrown1747]

No matter how you look at it, 2022 has been a challenge! Persevere! ❤🙏🏻

[@DC-rd6oq]

Sorry to see how much you lost Travis. That freak once in 20-30 years is something none of us could have anticipated when we planted our fall/winter gardens months ago. I put some Hot Hands hand warmers in disposable loaf pans in my raised beds. I covered them with frost cloth and then with tarps, both all the way to the ground. Everything survived (lettuce, spinach, chard, collards, kale). But we only got down to 19 degrees, not 16. I did lose a lot that I wasn't able to cover, or that I just covered with a frost blanket and not tarps like my carrots and parsnips, but at least I was able to save a few things.

[@doraw7766]

Great, great idea on the hot hand warmers. I always have some left over from skiing. I will try that if we get another cold snap this winter in 9a.

[@DC-rd6oq]

@@doraw7766 I was surprised they worked as well as they did. I am in 9a also, in the Florida panhandle. I was shocked at how cold it got here. And in December no less.

[@dansobien8196]

I suggest you cover your raised beds all the way to the ground. The idea of covering is to trap the heat from the earth. If you just cover the tops of the beds, the metal sides will get very cold and suck the heat from the soil inside the bed and radiates it out the sides. Then there is no heat left to warm your plants. If you notice your celery and rutabaga beds were covered all the way to the ground and did better.

[@nolawarren3560]

Good thought. I'll remember that

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

Excellent suggestion!

[@gardeninggirl7300]

I lost all my carrots, garlic and celery. It got SO COLD! I was actually surprised they didn’t fair any better, but the weather was unbelievable! Like your headline says…lessons learned.

[@juliemulie1805]

This gave me flashbacks of growing up in Zone 4B and being sent out to the garden to dig through the snow to get some parsley for the buttered potatoes. Dad was 100% Swedish and this was a winter staple.

[@baneverything5580]

It was below freezing here in Louisiana for several days. All my Winter garden died. Perfect year for that to happen. Can`t afford food thanks to the Babbler in Chief.

[@backwoodsbaby9729]

I think because you don't get cold often you didn't cover properly. Curtis stone kept carrots green and happy in Canada in the winter. I believe he just kept them under his low tunnels. I think sometimes low tunnels can be better than agribond or frost fabric especially if there is wet in the cold forecast. On a second note about frost protection. It will never hurt to have a higher temp rating than typically needed. But it will hurt to have lower. Unless the price is substantially different, I haven't looked in a few years. I would caution against ripping things out too fast. Give it a week see if there is new growth. Plants are surprising sometimes. That lettuce and pac choy looked way better than you made it sound, although you could see it not on video 😆. There is still plenty of time before spring to plant another round of lettuce, beets, radish etc too.

[@wingandaprayer7777]

Sorry that you had such a loss! We were thankfully spared from too much damage. It's all part of the learning experience in gardening! Thank you for your honesty and also giving us a great after action plan so that we can be more prepared for the next time! God bless y'all!

[@bobbun9630]

Just a thought on getting more mileage out of your cold protection... For some of those plants--the mustard comes to mind, but it also applies to all alliums, leaf lettuce, beets, etc.--the critical part of the plant to protect is the crown. Losing the leaves isn't insurmountable, but if you lose the growth point the plant is toast. With that in mind, you could have added a thick layer of compost or a a heavy mulch like wood chips in addition to the row cover. You can also use pop bottles filled with water to slow down freezing as they'll stay pretty close to the freezing point until they've frozen solid. The raised beds might be at a disadvantage due to having more exposed surface for heat to escape from the soil. I have some collards that survived -5F this time, no real damage. And some green onions that still have harvestable growth on them. Those plants were covered with one layer of row cover, then I took some spare landscape fabric and piled two layers of that on top. My rosemary also seems to have survived this time. It's still green. This is the first time I have kept it alive through a cold spell like this, but I know some varieties are hardier than others.

[@markoliver4194]

All my stuff is still kicking here in Hawaii🤸‍♂️

[@johnndavis7647]

I grow things in 5 gallon buckets set in 42" round Kidde Pools. Each pool will hold seven buckets. I fill the space between the buckets with wood chips. I was having trouble with cats or some other small animal climbing into the buckets and knocking over the plants. I put 2x4x36 welded fence wire around the pools. This keeps critters out of my plants. I draped clear plastic over the fences and my plants did fine down into the mid 20s. I used small spring clamps to keep the plastic from blowing off. My original idea for temps down to single digets is to set a bucket upside down in the center if each Kidde pool and set a $5 thrift store crock pot filled with sand on top of the bucket. It didn't get that cold but it could. I need to collect more crock potso. It's a work in progress.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I've heard several folks mention that, and I'm not sure what they did wrong. But we've ran propane heaters plenty of times with no issues.

[@johnndavis7647]

@@LazyDogFarm I hope to have 8 or 10 of these Kidde Pools wrapped in 2x4 wire with six 5 gallon buckets of plants in each pool. When covered in plastic I am only concerned with about ten cubic feet of airspace. Temps into the 20s are No problem. Below that I will need additional heat. Things that might work are stacking two 5 gallon buckets of water in the center of each pool. Painting them black might absorb some heat during the day and release it at night under the plastic. I don't like open flame heaters They are expensive to run and a fire hazard. I would not like to leave them running unattended . I could turn a bucket upside down and set a small catalytic heater on it but that might be too much and melt the plastic. A crockpot full of rocks or sand would keep ten cubic feet of space above freezing. It might even do it on the low setting. They only draw as much power as a light bulb on low. I am not smart enough to figure it all out in advance. One good idea leads to another and over time a system evolves that works. Thanks for all you do. John Davis Jax Fl

[@alicias9928]

Those of us in cold climates overwinter peppers indoors by digging them up, planting them in a pot, and cutting them WAY back. In the future if you have a freeze, you could do this using buckets. It gives you a huge head start on future production.

[@nolawarren3560]

Glad I was able to move my containers into the garage. The carrots and beets so were glad for the protection

[@DavidBrown-vx6fb]

Sorry for your loss Travis. I lost all except garlic, onions, strawberries, spinach, and blackberries.

[@naturekins3247]

Other point is that if you covered the veg with a thick layer of straw and then put the row cover over it insulates very well. We are in a cold zone 3 area and you learn lots about how to protect plants from what are early frosts in our area.

[@L.A.6482]

Thanks for frank and honest assessment of the damage! It’s good to know a seasoned gardener like yourself can struggle with Mother Nature as well as us regular folks. encouragement is great always especially when disaster strikes and you feel Like throwing in the trowel!

[@margaretmarshall3645]

Love that last line! 🤣

[@Getoutofthewoods]

My thoughts exactly. We lost a lot -- even what was covered. (Zone 8a) I was feeling pretty defeated until I saw this video.

[@Angela_Alaimo]

Another fan of the curly kale here. We had lows or 3, 5, 9 and highs in the teens and 20s. And loads of wind. I only had a light covering for the kale and when I looked underneath? They were like, "How you doin'? We're great!" 🙂

[@dianehenry733]

The great thing is that there should be significantly less bugs this year!

[@matthewmcclendon5308]

What you experienced is what I deal with every year in 8a north Texas. I doubled up on frost protection and still lost. But that blue ridge kale took it like a champ uncovered. I like the taste of the dino varieties better but in a survival situation, curly is the way. Elephant garlic took it too. But I knew it would, especially after it took last winter. Carrots are so rough that I don’t know if they can recover. Onions are rough but I see some positive growth. In all this was a great breath of failure. I could see where someone would give up. I just planted a 162 tray and got more seeds to plant.

[@darbyshaffer9625]

Big Duck Hunter here. I like the unsaid shout out to DU Colquitt County.... the DM is great in your area....

[@terryduprie6313]

Geaux Dawgs. The SEC pride is in y'alls hands. Best of luck!!!

[@aquillawallace7979]

Happy you didn't lose everything, as they say no risk no reward.

[@davidlatif7829]

I appreciate your Positivity one of several reasons for following your channel. Happy New Year to you and your family. I’m looking forward to your upcoming videos in 2023.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Happy New Year David!

[@Scorp006]

Very informative bro. 1st year gardener, Houston TX. Summer was insane, now winter. Garden decimated as well. To add to the list of surprising survivors/deaths: Red potatoes: Died, though with a decent harvest 2 days later. Parsley: pure survival, nice Cilantro: also survived. Oregano: survived Mustard greens: death Chinese broccoli: survived Radishes: death Most lettuces: death. Buttercrunch did decently.

[@Ms.Byrd68]

Appreciate your _straight forward honesty!_ You do have to take CLIMATE into consideration when you plant ANYTHING! You can always be up against an UNSEASONLY hot Summer or an UNUSALLY cold Winter. Be as PREPARED as YOUR POCKET will allow!

[@ltlwlwl5057]

I lost my Artichoke.... Live and Learn!

[@Gudtime]

I live in Zone 3 Alberta, Canada. I leave my carrots in the ground well into the winter months. Dig up enough 'Frozen Carrots' out of the frozen ground for a meal.. Just wash them, cut them up frozen and boil ! 'Sweetest Carrots you will Ever Taste' !

[@tolovly14]

I'm in Georgia and the weather ruined my vegetables except for my strawberries. I definitely will prepare for the next frost temperatures, when ever that is.

[@dpaw60]

Darn. This is the second over the top freeze in the last three years for those of us in SE Texas. I’m starting to think that I’m better off planting all over winter veggies in grow bags so I can haul to safe locations when these named arctic fronts roll in. On the bright side, the pipes didn’t freeze and the power stayed on this time around. Glad to see the same happened for you and yours. Happy New Year. Go Dawgs.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Go Dawgs!

[@adryawebb2556]

All my kale and collards can usually take temps in the teens and short periods into single digits, but they didn't survive the -4F low temps with -20F wind chills. However, my daikon radishes survived! So crazy.

[@carolfryer9494]

Mine croaked too. Nothing survived, even covered. It was 2 degrees.

[@mutantryeff]

When it is going to get to 25F here, I not only have to put lightweight tarps over the citrus I put 300W lights with metal reflector (protects bulb from water dripping) under the tarps. This also attracts cats. For peppers, I use a couple layers of clear thick plastic over the 100 gallon horse troughs with an electric oil heater on a timer. The peppers start getting heat around 33F, as the troughs hold some heat through the night. The peppers get trimmed back to like a bush also. My goal is to keep the peppers alive for 3 to 5 years given the varieties. The other plants just have to deal with it.

[@concernedcitizen9466]

Had the same results. I think next time, I will heap up leaves on top of my raised beds and cover them with plastic. It was a learning experience for me also.

[@sislertx]

Go buy some.c9 I did. Tests .one with out.cover One with heavy cover .one with c9 and cover In four plant.types Those with a sheet and.lights look like nothing happened LITERALLY nothing Even.tender lettuce Im sold it.stayed in 17 -18 degrees here

[@michaelcanales3683]

We here in central Texas experienced similar temps as you did. Stayed below freezing for about 55 hours. Harvested as much as we could before the arctic blast. Lost all remaining cabbage, chard, broccoli, cauliflower and lettuces. Covered smaller plants with leaves and an inverted pot. Those may make it as well as our spinach and garlic. Waiting a few more days to see what really survived. I guess if things really fail, it only means an earlier start for spring ground prep. Enjoy your vids, keep 'em coming.

[@1charlastar886]

That curley kale is going to be MIGHTY sweet from all that cold

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sure is!

[@johac7637]

The covers are to keep the heat on, so I put strings of incandescent Christmas lites on the raised beds, and the odd bed where I overwinter tomatoes, Chiles, I put a brooder light.

[@trippnbilly7130]

This is my third season and I am amazed at how plants are so resilient. But,it don't make it any easier when you lose some

[@caribecastaway6447]

Great evaluation video thanks ! I only had rows of elephant garlic and walking onions in the ground in northern Florida just south of you. FYI. I covered some rows with your row cover and left some uncovered. We harvested a lot of the onion greens before putting on the row cover. Unfortunately we did not have any sun to warm up the ground during the day. After removal, I couldn't tell the difference between two. Looks like they all made it with some browning on the tips. My kumquat trees got hit hard . the satsuma oranges got hit a little surprisingly not too bad.

[@Livingsamsara]

This was our first fall/winter garden. So thank you for saying to not let it discourage us. We did have a frost blanket that helped. In a pot, I did have brussels sprouts that fared well... Did use covers however.

[@kb1236]

I am north of you, McDonough so even colder for longer here. I have a row of broccoli just starting to make heads. I covered it with sheets and the leaves all got frosted but the heads are still firm and look good so far.

[@clarkl4177]

Good to share your "unveiling"😉, I went out today to survey the damage and pull off covers 😟 some surprises and some disappointment. Comfrey was buried and made it, some strawberries aswell. Kale and other greens are on a "we'll see" basis...but animals all made it--although roosters got frostbite (we're in North Alabama). STILL, Grateful for a warm home, time with family and learning to jump in and adjust to the rare visit from Siberia 🥶

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Strangest thing is some of my red cabbage turned to mush and some in the same raised bed looks like it might make it. It's always a risk planting the winter things we grow in the south and most years we get by okay. I'm thankful we didn't get what Buffalo was hit with and the loss of life. We were actually blessed more than we realized looking at our ruined gardens, we are alive. We did everything possible to keep our gardens alive but it just got to cold and stayed to cold for to long Travis.

[@kjrchannel1480]

I have snow and cold all winter anyway. It is the surprise repeat first hard and late frosts that do the damage, aside from freak hail storms that turn Tomato p!ants to leafless sticks, or even freeze damage them. I think many people will grow with caution in previous "semi tropical", and mild winter areas. Just like I can depend on the summer to continue being a blast furnace mkrew than it was in years past. If it rains in Greenland when it didn't in the past decades then you know things have changed.

[@americanjock2007]

This is a rare thing we lost several plants even in the green house but it hasn't been this Cold with wind chills this low since 1989

[@debmattosky3021]

I water heavily the night before a big freeze. I’ve even grown potatoes in NC in the winter… the plants take on water and produce heat in the process.

[@Mstymntntop]

I covered my lettuce and mustard with a thick layer of straw. All plants are good to go!

[@thevictorianedge5465]

I lost some veggies also to the extreme cold temperatures. 😥. SE NC here. We put a regular light bulb in our pump house and left faucet dripping in our home. Water and pipes in good shape!!

[@sandraoconnor5700]

So happy all is not a loss for you and your family!! Appreciate and noting your lessons learned!! ❤❤❤

[@MrSymbolic7]

We took the same temperatures , but this has now happen back to back Winters in Texas , 14 Months apart to be exact so every 20 years not here and the engineered storms / droughts just keep coming !

[@kikiinthegarden]

I lost a lot here in FL 😅 we got cold and my garden was like listen we’re not equipped for this foolery 🤣

[@flintwithers8460]

Norh Georgia resident here. That same blast killed everything in my greenhouse except our strawberries. Was hoping to have tomatoes and peppers all winter but mother nature had other plans.

[@pattyw4844]

Zone 8 NWFL we had 2 days of freezin weather. I mounded a generous amnt of pine straw over my strawberries, collards, onions, garlic, parsley and other cool lovin/herbs. I used a plastic cover over my carrots and lettuce. There was some damaged leaves but everything survived.

[@EventHorizon34]

I didn’t know Brussels sprouts were that cold hardy! Wow! The polar vortex laid waste to all my mustard and turnip greens, broccoli and cauliflower! I’m going to replant in February.

[@Sssanbo]

Man I’m surprised at the damage, but them Brussels! They are going to be good

[@wendyc.5769]

This girl is growing only cabbage, collards and brussel sprouts next year with a healthy emphasis on the sprouts 😂. It won’t be my rookie year. 🎉

[@doraw7766]

Wow. That was a hard hit. So sorry. Good advice about diversity of plants like curly kale, spinach...etc.. I was able to bring a ton of potted peppers, tomatoes, tropical trees inside my house. I lost some beautiful peppers last winter because I was lazy and I had no idea they wouldn't make it. I regretted losing them and did much better this year. 9a Florida only got 25-27 at night and back up to 50 during the day. I bought more cabbage and celery at tractor store that was kept outside. I thought if these plants survived without covers, there is good chance they can do well rest of this winter. Good luck rest of winter season!!!

[@theadventuresofjerryandjodi]

My garden had similar damage. Now let’s see how to navigate the winter into setting starts for spring!

[@mikeharris2985]

Thank you for taking time to respond. Have a great day and looking forward for more videos and information you provide

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks, you too!

[@EChord1]

Dazzling Blue is a lacinato type kale that’s powered through a lot of cold before giving up on me. I’m zone 5b and some years winter comes on fast. It’s always my last man standing.

[@hackdlc]

I’m reasonably sure my Brussels are toast and my onions looked like they got it also here in Central Texas. Me and Brussels have been having a heck of a battle the last 3 years here.

[@davidward1259]

Get the UGA Dawg bucket ready, the "show" is coming tomorrow. The only fireworks I'm thinking about this New Year are the ones at the Chic-fil-a Bowl.... Go Dawgs!!!!

[@LazyDogFarm]

GO DAWGS!

[@michelle8190]

Christmas lights under the fabric adds enough heat

[@theworkingmansgarden7638]

Hey Trav! Congrats to your Dawgs! See ya in the Championship! #GoHornedFrogs!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glory, Glory to Ole Georgia.

[@theworkingmansgarden7638]

@@LazyDogFarm, dawgs really like to take it down to the wire, don't they?! 🤣🐸

[@gardeningsimplified]

Be thankful, after our 9 degree freeze the one ounce row cover wasn't much help. It almost wiped out everything.

[@johac7637]

With Brassicas, think of Cauli. Broc. as wanting to flower, Brush. Can. are not flowering, so think of it in terms of frost hardy.

[@bradjohnston8687]

Russian Red Kale is good with cold. It gets more red in the leaves with chill.

[@naturekins3247]

If you lay a line of old style Christmas lights under the row cover it produces heat that the row cover will hold in.That is assuming you have power with in reach of an extension cord.

[@Daddyo_farms]

I am no expert but I have seen where people overwinter their peppers. They cut the stem back and let it regrow in the spring if you want to try that

[@hedykarim3614]

I accidentally found out how to overwinter habs in Charleston SC . I had a bail of wheat straw that was put on top of it and it was next to a wall ..it lived the next year .

[@jaytoney3007]

Where I live in Talladega Alabama, we had temps down to 10F with daytime highs in the low 20s. My garden survived the first three days. Sunday, I woke to heavy losses, and Monday was near complete devastation. Call it 95 percent loss. I have one Hilton Cabbage that may make it, the Russian Kale may survive. I have a few odd kohlrabi , Komatsuna, and turnips that may make it, and a half dozen Yellow Heart Winter Choy. Next year, I'll try gardening through the winter again, and I will have a greenhouse for overwintering crops.

[@sueperkins8853]

West central Alabama, zone 8a. My greatest success was my lettuce. Covered with zippered mini-greenhouses, heated with 5-gallon buckets of water warmed with aquarium heaters and covered with sleeping bags. My uncovered broccoli and onions are mush.

[@jeas4980]

Thank you for this video... this is my first year in a new greenhouse that's very large. Just hearing that it took you 2 electric heaters and a propane heater to keep your greenhouse at 45° F ... I don't feel so bad about giving up on keeping mine warm when I was "maintaining" 22°F running a single heater day and night. (At some point you just have to sacrifice your peppers in favor of your power bill). This was a very helpful video! 💚

[@LazyDogFarm]

It was quite the battle here, but thankfully we won't have to do that again for a while.

[@angelamalcomb1373]

Keep it coming

[@nancytharp8213]

It didn't get as cold here. I covered mine with blankets & frost protection. Only lost what covering touched plants. Lessons learned to get hoops or place protection above plants. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@ltlwlwl5057]

I'm experimenting with a perennial potato bed. My grow zone 8a in Virginia. I pulled a couple really nice potatoes out a few days ago. No rot so far.... Hopefully, Spring will give me a nice surprise with the over Winter-ed Potatos growing sprouts.

[@baddriversofcolga]

We got 11 degrees here. 🥶 My Kumquat that I have planted on the south side of the house is looking pretty rough despite covering it (admittedly poorly) and putting some 5 gallon buckets of water (not much, I know) next to it. We'll see just how bad the damage is in a few months...

[@media333]

Thanks for showing. Nice attitude about it!

[@joshuab738]

So in my experience with garlic while I was in the north: knocking back softneck garlic all the way by cold can make the bulbs split if some segments already exist (one of the many reasons I dislike softneck) ; knocking back hardneck does not seem to hurt it --- though it may take longer to mature and the bulbs will be smaller. The only things that survived here in north AL with protection was a couple daikon radishes and garlic--- the rest (carrots, spinish, green onions, lettuce, peas) were toast. Time to start the spring garden :)

[@LazyDogFarm]

Good to know. I'll have to keep an eye on the softneck garlic.

[@amyk6028]

Beautiful wrapping job on your well! You should wrap all the Christmas presents from now on ❤🎄

[@carolynstokes333]

I am in 8a. About 70% of my veggies look like mush. Half the collards died. Swiss chard, bok choy, lettuce, and Chinese cabbage all cooked to mush. Fist time I grew cauliflower. It has a gold head that is mushy. I too have learned from this span of super cold temps.

[@HeyJudeDistributing]

#610 watching as always. Hope 2023 is kind to us.

[@janetlavoie2441]

Sorry for all your hard work ❤

[@robinsilvers362]

I grow heirloom veggies and everything that survives this winter will definitely be let grow for seed saving. Collards lettuce kale onions and garlic. It was -7 here with wind chill -33°

[@Forevertrue]

Yeah, the same zone 8b here in east Texas I was demolished. Lost the collards, the radishes, the lettuce, while onions and carrots survived but lost progress badly. Just too cold for too long.

[@texasgardenerrobert8341]

We were able to save most of our onions by covering the the rows with plastic. Lost everything else. Including 5 plots of brown mustard cover crop. Just can’t take single digit temps. One last thing Travis. Rah Rah TCU!! Rah Rah TCU!!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glory, Glory to Ole Georgia.

[@markb3129]

Travis the way I look at it is, at least some plants made it. It was just down right COLD for our Southern winter gardens.. Happy New Year to you and your family and to all the viewers!✌🏻

[@LazyDogFarm]

Happy New Year Mark!

[@markb3129]

@@LazyDogFarm that was a nail biter game last night, do you have any voice left!✌🏻

[@rmartinie]

Excellent video!! 👍🏻 Good learning tips! Thanks 😊 God bless 🙏🏼

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Richard!

[@shawnhagen6871]

These sunglasses are a much better look 😂

[@mikeharris2985]

Looking forward to your spring planting videos.what and when you’ll be planting

[@GregDeBrun]

We all took a good beating from this cold blast. We're in zone 6a Illinois and lost tomato plants in that were doing great in the greenhouse. The temperature only got down to 45 inside the greenhouse but the relentless winds and consistent cold was enough to flash freeze them. Lessons learned by all. Your video is a good learning experience resource for all of us. I guess spinach and curled kale for the win.

[@margaretmarshall3645]

And Brussels sprouts!

[@buckeyegardener]

Thanks for the damage report. -4 here in south east Ohio so nothing would've survived but nice to see how your crops did for future reference for fall crops here after the frost date. Let's hope for a great game tonight!!!!! Go Bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😜

[@LazyDogFarm]

GO DAWGS!

[@FosterFarmsOk]

first year I decided to try and grow my figs in the ground. I covered them as best as I could so hopefully I didnt lose too much.

[@kirstmlarson1]

I was shocked to find some spinach alive and well in a pot on the patio. I’d thrown some leaves on the pots of greens I had growing, but without any real hope they’d make it. We were below 0 for 2 days in central OH. Today, it was nearly 60, and we spent the day outdoors enjoying it.

[@donotRussiamyMerica]

MI Gardner had a video about using a heating element to keep plants from freezing. It was the sort of low wattage string heater that one would put on the gutters to prevent icing.

[@alabamagirl2725]

I hate to see that for you Travis. I only had strawberries to worry about. I won't even joke about buckets today.