Cat's Garden in Austin, TX

The past two nights have been cold - mid 20's cold. Last night we got down to 25, but today we're up to 53 already. Hopefully that's the last of the cold. We went to Lowe's today, and it appears someone didn't cover their peppers and tomatoes well. They had them out in pots, and they drooped from the ground level over. The poor things looked like they froze last night. They may have. The only things we seemed to lose were the asparagus. But we do have some more asparagus popping up. The seeds I had put out in the green house are just now coming up. At least the tomato seeds have sprouted, the peppers didn't so I have put out more pepper seeds. I also have filled another set of seeds out in another flat in the green house - peppers, tomatoes and endive. I should start some of the other plants like the watermelons and such. I might do that this weekend. The 10-day forecast shows weather getting warm.  I hope that's accurate.

Okay, we've had warm weather followed by cold weather.  We have trees (apples, plum, pear, fig) all ready to burst with flowers (apple already has). We've had 60-70 degree weather. Then we got another cold snap. Last night we drove home in 28-32 degree weather. Today we've had a high of 32. There are icicles on the bird feeder, and I have heard ice falling off the gutters around the house. And get this, tomorrow should be 60, with Tuesday being 75, yet Wednesday low should be 26.  And tomorrow is March 1. Today we've had cold with some precipitation. Can't say its really rain, but its not really snow, maybe sleet - at any rate its cold and wet. As far as I can tell nothing is sticking to the ground. But tonight is 50% chance of rain/freezing rain (I believe it). Starting tomorrow, Sunday we should begin showers, then scattered thunderstorms from Monday thru Wednesday, the rain/ice on Thursday. Hopefully a week from today we'll be back to just cold and above fr...

Forgive me.  Yes we've got some lovely weather, but next week, Tuesday is a low of 29 with a wintery mix. Who knew. But today is a nice mid 50's, tomorrow (Friday) is mid 60's, then Saturday is mid 70's. Sunday and Monday are back into the 60's then Tuesday and Wednesday are cold nights.   I have to remember to cover the strawberries back up, and cover the seeds too. Okay, spring is not quite here yet.   But its working on it. All the fruit trees have buds on them and the lettuce is growing nicely. So spring is coming, or at least trying to.

Weather is changing here in Austin.  Its warming up, nights are in the 40-50's, with days in the 60's.  This morning we have fog, but its still 50 outside. And we've got sunshine most days. I expect this fog will burn off to a nice day. The weather forecast says next week we might have a couple of cooler nights - down near freezing.  We'll see if that holds up. I've put some seeds in the yard, and started some in pots. Its been peppers and tomatoes at this point. I've started using an iPhone app by Burpee that gives me a list of when to plant what. And according to it its time to start putting in seeds and plants. So I'm going to give it a try this year and see if I do any better.

We have purdy white flakes falling from the sky!!  Just what we needed, snow flurries. Weather.com says we should hit 48 today, that is anybody's guess. Last night was about 40. Texas winter weather. What else can you say.

It sounds like an ice machine out there. We have icicles hanging from the bird feeders, from railings, and from all sorts of items. Earlier we got up to 33 (low was 30), had some rain, and it sounded like an ice making machine here on the front porch. You could hear ice melting then cracking, then running down the drain pipes outside. It was almost funny. But with any luck we should hit 55 tomorrow.  I'll believe it when I see it.

Yes, we hit cold - the low last night was 20.8 here at the house.  THAT'S JUST PLAIN COLD!! And it looks like we will be cold the next couple of days. Like just above freezing cold. And they say possible rain. I hope we don't get the rain even if we are cold.