Well, sorry. I have lived in Connecticut for over 12 years. I have many friend over there who do gardening. The expected spring frost date is mother's day for southern CT. It is usually better by the sound. But inland can get worse. So this should be no surprise. Here in GA, North Atlanta area we are expecting 41F tonight. Not quite near frost but very unseasonable. I have a suggestion for you to protect your plants: 1- If you have lots of leaves, pack around and over your plants and cover them with tarp or blankets etc. 2- In liue of leaves, get a lot of newspapers, separate them sheet by sheet and crumble them into fluffy balls and use them to pack around your plants,so that the air will be trapped and the weight of tarp will not damage the plants. Frost is not so bad. All you have to do is prevent cooling by radiation. But if you have freez, cold air will penetrate even through tarp and blanket. If you have just a few plants, you may cover them with empty pots. I would put a layer of newspaper inside them, for more protection.

For what it's worth, I covered all 15 of mine tonight. Some have buds as large as a quarter now. Mary Lu

There's lots of us out here that 'thought' we were safe to plant now. I've got seedlings of brandy wine tomatoes in peat trays I started but I can bring those in. Guess I will get the newpapers out and cover my tomatoes that are in the ground. I bought pepper plants but was afraid to plant them. Glad I didn't. I can get those in the house tonight and tomorrow. I'll be glad when the warm weather stays and we don't have to worry about this cold stuff anymore.

We got nailed Mon night. Since I covered everything I could and brought in what I could, that stuff is ok, but all my nuts trees were damaged, all my young oak trees, and several other young trees. I don't know how bad the frost will affect my nut, cherry and apple crop. I keep finding damage here and there - some of it mystifies me, such as the cinnamon fern got burnt at the edges but the other ferns next to it didn't. I guess some new growth is more sensitive. Weather has been great since then, though we are very very dry, and I have had to start watering everything - a rare thing in May. -Rosalinda