Whew, I must be getting old. It seemed like it took forever for me to get all of my cold sensitive plants covered for the light freeze we are supposed to have tonight. I guess it's time to invest in some better equipment for moving the large pots and I am about ready to bite the bullet and put in a greenhouse. Those items alone would make life much easier for me in the winter. I pity you guys up in the north, it must take you guys weeks to get ready for winter.

Good for you and relax now.

Up North hear we had two consecutive night of -5C and -9C in mid-October. I could take inside only the young fig plants in 1 to 3 gallon pots. The rest in bigger pots enjoyed good bath in those temperatures and survived. 

I don't blame you at all. I love looking at healthy plants, (dead or sick ones) depress me and leave me feeling like I should have done more. Besides that you get better fruit production as a thank you from your trees:-)

Moving the trees in the garage wasn't a big deal (most of my trees are young), but I am nervous about bare rooting and root pruning my 25 gallon tree for the first time! I'm curious as to how long the process will take the first time...

We moved them all in the garage yesterday for the winter and I happily started taking off dead leaves this morning. They look beautiful in their resting state, just waiting for spring to bring them back to life.

I don't usually worry about the first light frosts for the figs, but the delicate tropicals come in before then. My frostdate seems to have moved from late Sept. to mid Oct. I still start watching temps at the beginning of Sept though to be safe. Moving all the citrus and pineapples is the hardest job. I have to carry those thorny/spiny sons of guns up and down a full staircase to my upstairs where it's warmest and brightest in my house. Not fun with a six foot wide pineapple, but I'm hoping that one will fruit this year. The figs stay out until early/mid Nov. just before the ground freezes. Then I shuffle them down a short set of stairs and keep them in the basement hatchway until mid Dec. Then it's into the coldest part of the basement by the hatchway door, for the coldest part of the winter. My feijoas stay on my glassed unheated porch until we start hitting the low twenties, and then I bring them into the dining room and keep them dormant as long as possible. Last year to finish ripening some late figs on my VdB, I did put two of the trees on the porch with a space heater early in Oct. Better not to make a habit of that. The figs were lovely though. My house is full of growlights, and plants, and people who think I'm crazy for doing all this. It is a labor of love.

Wow amazing projects. Same kinda crazy love around here. My boyfriend says there's more plant space in the house than people space! Ha. Enjoying all the color of fall here in Sedona. Enjoy.