The weather was warm, high’s in the low 80’s, lows in the 50’s, and very little wind. What a perfect opportunity for my seedlings to get acclimated to the outside. Or so I thought! I knew there was a cold front coming. The weather man said it should start to slide through the area this evening. Surely I would be home in time to bring my precious veggies inside before the storm front reared it’s ugly head. Nope. It came sooner and my poor little seedlings paid the price. I raced home but to no avail, the wind had already done it’s damage. Hopefully, they will forgive me and try to come back to their vital, pampered selves. I’ll keep you posted ’cause I know you probably won’t be able to sleep until you know.
Reminds me of my post ‘Hardened Off’ on my gardening blog – yep. those little guys sure take a beating from the ‘real world’. They need to be introduced to it a bit a t a time to make sure they can ‘handle the truth’… Poor little guys! Some water and TLC should do the trick. Hopefullly….
We’ve had similar problems here, with the weather being so crazy. 80 degrees one day, and snow the next. Not only did the seedlings suffer, but trees were down all over the place. A close friend lost most of her apple trees.
Are you on the east coast? It’s so disheartening when you lose your hard work like that. Tomorrow looks like it might be the last cold morning here, so I might give it another try. I think it’s still early enough in the season for me to start another batch.
NO! That really sucks. I’ll cross my fingers that they come back for you. I’ll cross my eyes, too.
Thanks. I need all the help I can get.
I know you are disappointed but not to worry, as there’s still time in this growing season to replant.
Aww, sorry for the loss. They hopefully come back to life soon. Don’t worry.
They may come back or at least some of them should. I have been fighting with mice eating my seeds and small plants. But I found a solution by using lettuce netting to cover the pots. Gardening always has its challenges it seems.
I think I need a green house. That would solve most of my problems. I haven’t seen any rodents around, but I’m sure the insects will start to show up soon. I hope the netting works for you. There is nothing more depressing than watching all your hard work get eaten or damaged by other things.