Hello Gardeners!

When you garden outdoors, you have to keep track of the weather, sometimes on a daily basis. The wind we had Monday could have damaged plants already growing, or blew something over in the garden that could break the plant. The same goes for plants you might have in containers. The wind can knock them over. My greens were okay and did not have damage. The good news is that thanks to the Internet, tablets, and smart phones, we have a good idea of the weather and current temperatures at any time. 

https://weather.com/weather/today/l/22408:4:US

If you got excited when you got some plants and planted some things outside like tomatoes, basil, summer squash, peppers, and eggplant , they will need to covered or brought inside tonight!  If your parents took some houseplants out so they could soak up these warm days, you need to bring them back inside tonight. There is a freeze warning for your area tonight for Ashland and areas to the north! The means after all of these warm spring days, below freezing temperatures tonight will kill plants. What are plants filled with? Water. So if it is below freezing, the water in the plants freeze and kill the plants. Covering the plants with a sheet or inverted (upside down) container, bowl, flower pot may prevent your plants from permanent damage. If it is still windy this evening, make sure you weight down the covers with a large rocks, bricks, pieces of wood, etc.