I had a scare this week. The tomatoes I started indoors were gradually moved for longer periods onto the back deck. I have planted a few and am leaving the rest on the deck all day and night. The other day I went to bed and the temperature here in zone 4, 8500 ft elevation in the Colorado Rockies was in the mid 40’s. When I woke up the next morning the temps had plummited and there was frost covering my deck. My digital outdoor thermometer showed it had gotten down to 31F. Luckily the tomatoes were close enough to the sliding glass doors that they stayed above freezing and the ones I planted somehow survived too! I have those extra 4th of July tomatoe seeds that I can send you for next year’s garden. Will let you know how mine do.
You live at 8,5oo feet in the Rockies?
How cool!
I used to spend summers wrking at Sequoia Nmational Park at 7,200, and I loved it...the stars at night were so beautiful, the color in the day was this enchanting blues...I did get altitude sickness one year and that was the sickest I’ve ever been, I truly thought I was gonna die.
What town do you live in? I’ve always loved Telluride.
Ed