Katra wrote:
> In article
> >,
> Puester > wrote:

>>
>>So it's snowing and the temperature is dropping rapidly. That's a
>>good sign that there won't be any fruit on the trees this year, either
>>so I'll have to buy fruit for jam. Dang. I don't think we've had a
>>crop since 1998.
>>
>>gloria p
>>from the Colorado Front Range Arctic
>
>
> Seriously, start a small fire in a container close to the base of the
> tree and use a good hard wood, try to keep it burning all night...
>
> Run a fan on one side to distribute the heat evenly around the tree.
>
> They used to use heaters/smudge pots and large overhead fans in the
> cherry orchards near where I used to live for just such occasions! :-)
>
> Good luck!!!!
>

Yabbut that was before the days of Clean Air and the EPA.
If we lit an outdoor fire our neighbors would call the
Fire Dept. so fast it woul;d make your head spin.

gloria p