Dawn Troutner Toledo Market Master

Market Report for October 14, 2016

Market is really winding down; there are two weeks left. Kristi came to market with crisp, pies, rolls, rolicky, kolaches, bars, cookies, and breads. Busy Bee Acres was there with plenty of honey, chunk honey, lotion bars, kip balm, and holiday bears. Vernon and Wilma brought eggs. Caryn was back with jams, jellies, caramel corn, snack mixes, including oyster crackers, sweet and salty, steakhouse mix, and ranch mix. Shirley and Michael were busy baking kolaches, rolicky, buchty, bars, and kuchen.

Chuck and Ginger brought breads, pies, angel food cake, kilaches, popcorn, honey, apples, hot peppers, onions, garlic, pumpkins, taters, gourd baskets, Indian corn, and winter squash. Dawn had jams, jellies, fresh herbs, dried herbs, dried beans, winter squash, sweet potatoes, cabbage, radishes, green onions, tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, broccoli, and onions. Cheryl had a nice fall display of ceramics, including those cool football night lights. She also had towel sets, adult clothing protectors, tater pouches, scrubbies, scrubbies on a stick, potholders, and bowl holders. Lois, Marie, Brenda, and Ethan had acorn squash, zucchini, green peppers, and pie pumpkins. Ethan still has plenty of Cub Scout popcorn to sell, stock up for winter.

Karen brought her soy candles. Red Earth Gardens had hot and sweet peppers, lettuce mix, garlic, kohlrabi, yellow, and green beans.

There is still a large selection to make you purchase before it’s too late. See you at market.

Last week we had a frost. Was it a killing frost?

What is a frost and what is a freeze?

According to Penn State Extension, a frost is the formation of thin ice crystals on the ground or other surfaces in the form of scales, needles, feathers, or fans. Frost develops under conditions similar to dew, except the temperature of the Earth’s surface and earthbound objects falls below 32 degrees. Covering plants before the sun sets may be protection from frost as this can help retain heat near the plants. To be called a killing frost, the frost period must be sufficiently severe to end the growing season.

A freeze is when the surface air temperature is expected to be 32 degrees or below over a widespread area for a significant period of time. Use of the term is usually restricted to advective situations or to occasions when wind or other conditions prevent frost. Advextive or windborne freeze occurs when a cold air mass moves into an area bringing freezing temperatures. Wind speeds are usually above 5 mph and clouds may be present. Attempts to protect plants are very limited under these conditions.

A killing freeze is when the temperature is expected to be low enough for sufficient duration to kill all but the hardiest herbaceous crops.

So did you have a frost, killing frost or a freeze or killing freeze? Our neck of the woods had a frost.

Plenty of growth is still happening out here.