John had me choose a few plants for Mother’s Day, neither of us dreaming we’d have yet another cold spell. I brought three pots inside, and each night he’d cover up one outside. There was one advantage of having an impatiens on the kitchen counter. I greatly enjoyed the bright red flowers close up. They were as cheerful as could be and seemed to be saying thank you for not having to shiver outside.
Two days in a row we saw neighbor Warren’s garden swathed in white. John remembered I called neighbor Dawn’s covered plant a Mother’s Day ghost.
He asked, “Do you see lots of ghosts here?”
“No,” I replied. “This is tent city.”
Warren always has an impressive scarecrow, and every year I wave at it a few times. This year he put up the scarecrow after we walked in the morning. As we drove past later, I lifted my hand as high as the window before I realized it was not a human. I must ask him if the scary man has a name. I’m sure we would be on a first-name basis.
Mehrling Muse 
Oh! I thought he was real too!
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How wonderful it is with good neighbours, it makes all the difference.
I have never seen any covering like this before. How imaginative.
The scarecrow is quite something … but why? It is to early for berries
and any fruit?
Never mind, he is fun and you had fun. 😊.
Miriam
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Warren is a good gardener, so I presume he knows what he’s doing scarecrow-wise.
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Procrastination may be a pain most of the time, but sometimes it can be useful. Like this year, when I still haven’t planted the “tender” annual stuff. Usually I’d have it in by now, but this year I’ve been late planting stuff. Good thing.
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You did it right.
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I think it’s worzel gummidge
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Oh! You know Worzel Gummidge??? I enjoyed cartoons of him in England.
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I knew and loved him thanks to you
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I haven’t bought any plants yet because of the weird weather. The cold is late this year. My tomatoes are mostly inside with an occasional outing during the day.
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Do your tomatoes go out longer than you do these days?
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Sadly, yes. Tomorrow is scheduled to be a nice warm day.
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We have had a cold spring too. We had a frost on May 9. That is really late for us! I lost some annuals and some basil plants. I just replanted today.
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We haven’t lost any plants yet, but the ones we brought in might cling to the doorposts to keep from going outside again.
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Ghosts and tents…what a fun neighborhood!😄 Snowing here in NY again today. Hope it’s the last frost.
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Not snow again!! I’ll bet you’ve had enough.
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Yes! So done with the gray skies😕.
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Only October could match the deep blue sky we have today. It’s 79 degrees on the porch where I’m typing. I wasn’t sure this was EVER going to come this year.
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A mild winter followed by a miserable Spring for many of us on the east coast. Happy to hear you’re at 79 today!☀️Enjoy the day!
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He does look a bit scary! We only transplanted half the tomatoes, so will be replacing all of them with the ones we kept back this week. I’m so glad we were able to grow our own this year….had we spent currency on 38 plants to have them freeze would have been gut wrenching!
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My dad used to grow too many tomatoes for us to eat. Thankfully, he didn’t bemoan lost plants or frosts to me. I’m learning from others like you and from experience. I tried tomatoes once here in NC. I wasn’t tempted to try again. Good luck with yours.
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We don’t have as many this year because we had sooo many last year, and I made plenty of sauce. 🙂
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My mom used to take tomatoes to church and invited people to take them home.
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For some reason my comments won’t post.
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This one did. I’ll look for spam to see if anything is there.
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LOL. Now it posts! I was going to say that it has been the coldest 30 days on record this time of year in Connecticut.
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OK. I see you know the comment posted.
That’s something that CT has broken cold records!
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And obnoxious!
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Great looking scarecrow, I bet a lot of people wave to him. Thanks.
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My sister-in-law, who has visited here, said she would have waved at the scarecrow.
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Haha! Looks like someone blessing the tent city! (I’d pray for warmer temperatures! 😀 )
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It’s 80F (26.7C) today!! That’s warm enough for me, but I know it will get hotter soon.
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Nice!! 😊
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I missed this post but saw yesterday’s … hmm. I need new glasses, though I swore I would not do the eye doctor this year due to COVID-19. I could not remember where I left off.
I was just commenting to a fellow blogger that I remember I always got my annuals for pots, baskets and around the yard in the soil the week before Mother’s Day to get the nicest choice. Invariably it would be a cold spell and they’d have to all line up in the garage. It is a small garage and no room in there, so I had to resort to the coverings too. And rocks to secure them. And, you had to take everything out in the morning before leaving for work and put them in the sun and water them. Here in Michigan they say not to plant before Memorial Day Weekend and I follow that advice – we will get to 80 Sunday but like two weeks ago, that is a fluke!
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My plants are outside now except for two that I kept through the winter. They will have to ease into cool nights and blazing sun.
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Yes, they will be in shock if you put them out of the cozy home now. They’ll knock at the door and ask to come back in.
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