Hey Pattee, is this normal for your area? At what temperature is your porch? Is it enclosed?
Here in Charlotte, we got snow. It made the record books. I'm sitting here looking at my remote thermostats and it's 30 degrees in my shed, 34 degrees in my greenhouse, and 59 degrees inside my garage. I took the day off today to start winterizing some trees. This year, I only brought in a few:
Black Maderia
Ischia Black
Fico Preto
St Rita
Haikel
Yellow Lebanese
White Greek
Vaslikia Sika
La Goccia d'Oro
Col de Dam Gris
Marva Silka
and about 300 others, I can't remember them all...now do you see why I took the day off?
My GH is full but my shed is empty. I ran out of heat and daylight, plus it was snowing and I was starting to cramp up. I finally called it quits at 7PM. I've been up since 7AM. I's supposed to be 27 degrees in the morning but back to 60 degree days this Saturday. The wind is howling outside. I am so glad I took time off today to start this process. According to the forecast, we got more bad weather coming next week. Honestly, I'm glad the winter is here. It's going to be a bad winter this year.