Run for the shovel, dig them up, and take them inside. Then carefully caress each one while telling them how beautiful they are and how you will protect them from that damaging cold. They are slow to respond..maybe like next July...but they will return your love. CrAzY LaRrY

So far, I've missed everything though there's been frost in the valley on both sides on Friday and Saturday. This year, being at 850 feet elevation has really helped extend the season and even the peppers and basil are still alive. Most of my tomatoes are still green and I don't think they're going to ripen before a killing freeze. I'm around 50 lbs of tomatoes and it's the first year I've been that high - I've learned a lot about the canner this year! I think I'll hedge bets and bring in most of the tender things I can this weekend - like lemongrass and the bay tree - just in case the weather people miss one.

if it's green, it's still feeding the roots. If it's brown, it's not. If, after a week or two, the leaves are brown, cut them back. It will eventually rebound. It's not any different than the frost that hits leaves in fall. They do come back the next spring.

On the evening news, they were interviewing a strawberry grower. He was asked how you know if the frost has hurt the strawberries. He said if the center of the blossom turns black. I have noticed that a number of my uncovered strawberries and even a few of the straw-covered ones in my large bed look that way. Otherwise, just looking at the plants, you would never know anything was the matter with them. I didn't even see any frost in our yard in Hudson, WI, but there must have been some in my garden. I look at it as thinning; maybe the remaining good berries will be larger. Northwoodswis