Moved some of my "crops" from one micro-climate to another yesterday

I have heard that the first snow arrived in our area, not yet here where we live, but soon it will arrive and any plant left outside will die.

I tried planting some snow peas and Chinese peas here on the islands.They were doing really good until the bugs or what we call root knot came around. In one section of the garden that is not far from the mango tree at a certain time each years our plants are attacked by this knot that sucks the life out o the roots. When it first happened I had no idea at all what it was. I had to search around to find it. Well anyhow it is a small bug that attaches to the roots of your plants and feeds off them. When you dig up the plants you will see giant knots on the roots. The only way to control or get rid of this plant is to heat them out of the soil. You can leave the ground exposed to the heat from the sun for 2 months or you can use a black plastic tarp over the ground. Any way you do this the earth has to be turned several times to kill them all. There is nothing else that can be done for these and many different parts of the world have them. They are sort of like bugs that hibernate and only wake up during certain times of the year. it is depressing when they do wake up and they love the roots of any string bean or for that fact any bean plant. They can destroy a bean crop in a matter of 3 weeks. I normally can plants my beans and taking good care of the plants keep them producing for more than 7 months.

I hope all of the plants will survive.

My father still had cherry tomatoes on his plants until a couple of weeks ago.

that's wonderful that'cha were able to get those plants moved to a warmer clime. no doubt those young'uns took great joy in assistin' ya 'n will love plantin' 'n then watchin' those snow peas grow. there's such a need fer more folks like yerself, hon. 'n schools willin' to put out the effort's well.

I just planted some snowpeas two weeks ago and now they have sprouted well. They are easy to grow. It's spring here, nearly our summer.

We have mild Winters here and several people have told me it is similar to that of California. Here he have some Winter produce. A veggie that never fails is kale (swiss chard). It can be grown year around and when cut while tender you can eat it raw.

You do have to deal with your extreme climate and that problem we do not have but overlapping of seasons can create havoc even here. This year I have started with vegetables and seasonal flowers after a long break. I have got success here and there but not everywhere specially when seasons have overlapped which can destroy crops. It has been raining here which normally does not happen.

All our plants are gone for the winter. I'm not a big gardener any more. I used to do much more gardening but now just a few flowers on the porch. My brothers still plant big gardens and they give me some veggies all summer. I have some other friends who also share, which I appreciate very much.

It is great that the kids will get to see where real food comes from, and you get to continue your garden.

We are hoping to plant a small garden this year, if only to give my father something to putter in outside.

I don't think we have micro-climates in my area but it is surprising how temperatures and rainfall can vary within a few miles.

How interesting to learn of all that climactic variety. Hope your various gardens do well!

How nice to be able to "farm" all year long.

Hmmm... pony, that sounds like you had plenty of help to get the plants re-planted, at least! I hope you are correct and the plants do survive and produce this next spring! I'm sure the kids will love seeing the snow peas and hopefully tomatoes ripening on the vine! I'm surprised! You actually seem to be a fairly nice guy!