[RKDinOKC]

We've had late freezes before. Remember making a clear plastic tent over our Apricot tree and putting one of those oil pots the railroad uses to keep switches from freezing inder it to keep it warm and toasty inside. That was the only year we had apricots. All the other years that last freeze caught us unaware freezing the Apricot flowers or actual fruit buds.

We had another tree that was an apricot/plum graft and it never made any fruit either. Dad said they sold us trees for the wrong zone so it froze to early.

We also had tomato plants we put milk cartons over that we had to open and close according to the temperatures. Don't remember losing any tomato sets.

At one time I designed a greenhouse that I could offset plantings that would produce fresh veggies year round. It included a freezer to run seeds through to winter cycle them. Had a compost pile for good dirt, an elaborate watering system. Lights and shades to manage daylight and temperatures, but not too hot. Also would of had a bee hive to keep everything pollenated. Wanted to eliminate the need to grow lots of crop and canning. Instead have fresh crops year round to pick from. It would have taken a lot of work keeping track of how long it took different plants to go from seed to bearing fruit. And how long and how much each plant type produced to set up how many plants go on what kind of rotation cycle to make sure there was plenty, but not too much. Freshly home grown foods always have more and better flavor that the stuff at the grocery store.