Garden of Dreams ~ June 8, 1989
David Heiller The Weather Woman on channel 10 was finishing her Saturday night report, while Cindy and I sat exhausted on the couch, half-watching, half-sleeping. Nothing could have got our attention except the words that Rhonda Grussendorf said next: “and there’s a chance of frost in the low-lying areas.” “Oh no, frost,” I groaned. Murphy’s Law, 14- C: The Night After You Plant Tomatoes, Frost Will Come. Collin working on the peas in a later version of the Garden of Dreams... because for us, they were ALL Gardens of Dreams. I looked at the outdoor thermometer: 52 degrees. “What do you think?” I asked Cindy. Last year we had a killing frost on June 10, and here it was only June 3. But the thought of covering tomatoes on Saturday night? Expletive deleted. “We can spray them with water in the morning before the sun hits them, that’s supposed to take care of frost damage,” Cindy said. She always says that on nights when frost may come. We were asleep...