It is perfectly normal early spring weather - 29 degrees, a little frost on the ground, sun coming up.
BUT, we've just "enjoyed" those ten days of early warm weather - so warm that everything has bloomed, is in bloom, or is certainly in bud. You name it: apricots first, then peaches, cherries, even apples and blueberries. And yes, the grapes are budding, with some varieties, like the Ives, even showing green and secondary buds. Even the old timers have never seen anything as bad as this will likely be.
The news is bad. As low as 24-26 degrees last night. The cup of water on the bench in the garden had a solid one inch layer of ice this morning. Fred's sample test of apple buds - crunchy. Not good.
It is too early to tell how bad and (luckily) each of our grape varieties is at a different stage of development, so perhaps a few have weathered the freeze.
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