No, No, Noooo

Can you see those low temps...yea the ones in the low 30s.  I'm so not ready for those.  I'm especially not ready for this little tidbit from the weather service

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Issued by The National Weather Service

Memphis, TN 

3:57 am CDT, Mon., Oct. 27, 2008

FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ... FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING... MAINLY BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES... ARE LIKELY FOR 1 TO 4 HOURS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 9 AM CDT. THE COLDEST READINGS WILL BE IN RURAL VALLEYS. PATCHY FROST CAN BE EXPECTED. 

TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... COLDER CONDITIONS AND WIDESPREAD FROST WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 25 TO 31 DEGREE RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED 4 TO 8 HOURS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 9 AM CDT. THESE LOW TEMPERATURES MAY END THE GROWING SEASON. 

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 

More Information

... THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS FALL WILL BRING SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO THE MIDSOUTH AND FORECAST AREA... 

.MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH AND FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. AREAS NORTH OF A FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO MEMPHIS TO SAVANNAH TENNESSEE LINE WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WIDESPREAD FREEZE CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH AND FORECAST AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE REGION."

Nope definitely not ready for that.  Most of my plants are ready for the end of the growing season.  Pretty much all except for my loofah gourds that decided not to do anything but vine until the beginning of this month when it decided to bloom.  Now that winter is fast approaching it has decided to make it's gourds.   So tonight I'll be covering as much of the vine as I can in order to hopefully protect it for a few more weeks.  Luckily our daytime temps are in 50s and 60s it looks like so maybe, if it can hold out a few more weeks, I can get one gourd off the plant.  I think I'll get some seeds and start some indoors for next spring.  It's taken this particular plant about 6 months before doing anything.  So I'm thinking if I start it indoors now I can have it produce sooner next year.