Retreat!!

The pea and cabbage plants have been happily hanging out in the greenhouse with a little space heater keeping them healthy at around 42 degrees.

And then it got cold.

When I checked the thermometer a couple of hours ago, it was 10 degrees cooler at 32. And it was still daylight.

Brrrrr.  Poor things.

I couldn't chance it; I wimped out for them and called their camp-out over for awhile until this cold snap ends. They're now hanging out in the garage again. I don't know if they feel better, but I sure do. The thought of going out tomorrow morning and seeing them frozen was too much for this gardener. Survival of the fittest just didn't seem necessary to test--they look so happy and "spring-like"!

So, now I pretty well have plants in varying degrees of pre-germination, germination, and post-germination sitting about the house--upstairs and down. Some are under the lights, some are in natural sunlight (stay with us, sun!), and some like the shady spaces of the house.

So...let it snow, let it blow, let February do what February does. We're all under roof, present, and accounted for in our happy little retreat.

Stay warm!