LOL, somebody has some anxieties about the growing season ;)

It gets up into the high 90's-lower 100's here in the Sacramento Valley. I can get some lettuce to grow earlier in the summer and I start up again in late September. The really hot weather runs from June to the middle of September. I try to plant some lettuce in the shade, that gains me a few weeks.

Thanks folks. I forgot to mention that I took this photo through our bedroom window. The bear came to the bird feeders and she was only a few feet away. She hung around for several hours. It's pretty exciting to see one up that close! Of course it wouldn't be hard to just push the window in if she wanted to! This is the fourth time we've been visited by bears in 16 years. One time it was a huge 500lb male. Pretty cool! (yes, we take the feeders down right away...) Ken

thanks, douglas! I went outside today, 24 hours after the damage, to assess what looks damaged. Out of 35 tomato plants, only two are wilty looking, my Fourth of July and Mr. Stripey, and then my Pink Brandywine has yellowed leaves but I'm not sure if that's from the frost or if it wasn't doing well ahead of time. I didn't notice it yesterday, so I'm guessing the frost. One of my six Romas is looking questionable, too, but it might need to be watered. Out of my 37 pepper plants and 2 tomatillo plants, everything looks completely green and healthy. Meanwhile, five of my eight cucumber hills are goners and the other three might soon follow. And one of my four basil plants is shriveled. So far, the cukes bore the worst of the frost damage, no question. And after reading posts here about Mr. Stripey's production and the bad taste of Fourth of July tomatoes, perhaps I'm no worse off with those gone. But I do love pink Brandywine tomatoes, so I have to replace that one. Thanks for all the advice. I'll keep you guys posted if more of them die, just so that my original thread becomes something of a reference in itself since I didn't see this topic addressed when I searched for it ahead of time.