SPRING FROST WATCH; May 14

Got to love this global warming (or is it climate change?). In any event the last frost date for western Maryland (90% confidence interval) is usually around April 3 but to be fair it can go out as far as the first week in May. Tonight we have a major frost warning and it is May 13th!! Luckily I didn't get around to setting out the majority of my tomatoes and peppers this past weekend so they will be safe and I can cover the three early tomatoes as I've been doing for over a month now anyway. My real worry are the strawberries (already setting fruit) and the raspberries (just now starting to bloom). I suspect the strawberries will do fine since they can take light frost, the ground is warm, and most of the open blooms are below the leaf canopy. The raspberry blossoms are an unknown since this will be year three for the bed and they haven't had to go through this before. The canes are way up in the air and will get the blunt of the cold air. It should be interesting.........