This winters weather

Goofy. It was a cool wet fall here in Texas. A good fall for getting a fall harvest of several things...like broccoli and greens.

Now, since the first part of December, it has decided it really wants to be winter. Cold front after cold front pushing our lows lower that I prefer. We have already had several nights into the low 20's - which is darned cold for here. And the grandaddy cold front hit today. The next three nights, and days, will be the coldest in a decade or more, so they say. Nighttime lows into the low teens. Even plants in the greenhouse, with its small heater, have been nipped by overnight lows falling below freezing inside the greenhouse.

My greens and lettuces have been pretty much destroyed. And the forecast doesn't really look good for the next couple of weeks, or months if you look into the three month picture. El nino is having its way with us this winter.

Hopefully this "stupid cold" spell will end soon and we can at least attempt again to have an early jump on spring gardening.