Things in the garden that weren't covered were frozen stiff:
I'll have to go out again later to see what, if anything, is salvageable. sigh... I wasn't expecting this for another couple of weeks.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
The fat lady sang
You know that saying "It ain't over til the fat lady sings"? If that's true she must have really been belting out the tunes last night. I woke about 6:15. The thermometer on the front porch read 33 degrees. But.... further away from the house it must have been much, much colder.
Things in the garden that weren't covered were frozen stiff:
Now that they are beginning to thaw they are becoming limp:
and the air has that smell of frozen foliage. Even the plants that were covered took a hit. There may be a couple of peppers that survive but most everything is history. So, I guess that effectively ends the 2012 main season garden.
But there are tiny lettuce seedlings up in the greenhouse!
And a view of the new garden shed (pre-frost when the squash vines were still trying to take over the world.
I'll have to go out again later to see what, if anything, is salvageable. sigh... I wasn't expecting this for another couple of weeks.
Things in the garden that weren't covered were frozen stiff:
I'll have to go out again later to see what, if anything, is salvageable. sigh... I wasn't expecting this for another couple of weeks.
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What strange things continue to prevail this crazy, wonky season! We are SO much farther north than you and our low over night was only 38 without any frost showing anywhere. Very weird. But you have to admit you gave the garden and preserving your "all" this year so you can tie a red ribbon on it and be DONE with that big project!
ReplyDeleteMaybe now I'll have time for some of those other projects like quilting! I can get an early start on my winter tasks. That might be a good thing.
DeleteI do think that there are a couple of tomatoes hanging on out there and maybe 3 or 4 peppers so we'll have a bit of fresh stuff coming in for a while.
Ugh...already! Crazy! Well, you've had a wonderful season and have accomplished so much! I guess nature thinks you deserve a break, ha?
ReplyDeleteWe're about 3-4 weeks ahead of schedule for a heavy frost like this. It's usually mid-October before we see weather this cold at night. And, of course, it's supposed to be back near 80 by Tuesday, go figure!
DeleteArgh! Sorry to see this so soon! It's always a sad feeling when it first hits and you realize the season is over. Last year in the north east we got snow in October, so the weather is crazy, this year we're hoping to go to at least mid November. Excited to see how your greenhouse goes!
ReplyDeleteI remember that October snow. And there are people out there who say that climate change is a hoax. I think it never should have been called 'global warming' it is definitely more of a 'global weirding'!
DeleteWe have had two frosts here already but I wrapped everything and saved the plants. I sure hope that fat lady doesn't even come here to hum for a couple more weeks!
ReplyDeleteI hope she stays away from your place as well. I just have waaaay too much to try to cover everything. So, I selected the plants that were producing the best and covered them.
DeleteMajor bummer! What a strange, strange gardening year it's been. So far no sign of frost here in Denver - our lows have been in the high 40's - and I REALLY hope it holds off for a while since the summer produce is just now hitting its peak. Everything went dormant during the hot dry summer but it sorta came back to life a few weeks ago once things finally got back down into the 80's. So I'm just now starting to harvest tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash and eggplant. The pumpkins & winter squash that managed to set on before the heat arrived were ripe a month ago, but now new fruit is starting to set on... I sincerely doubt it will have time to mature. Just all around odd.
ReplyDeleteWe had that lull due to the extremely hot weather as well. The tomatoes didn't really start setting on until August so September has been extremely productive. I'm not sure about my winter squash. I had two big ones that are just starting to ripen (two others already picked) and a whole bunch of little ones that I knew would never make it. I managed to preserve some leaves around the ripening ones but I'm not sure it will be enough.
DeleteYay for teeny-tiny lettuce sprouts!
ReplyDeleteI SO agree! It is so nice to see something growing amidst all the frost damage.
DeleteWe had the same thing here, first morning of fall, we had a hard frost. The temps at night are really cold, but the days are just beautiful in the mid 60's to low 70's!!...debbie
DeleteHow odd, and you're further south yet. Strange.
Delete33 degrees, wow! Those are pretty photos of the frost though :)
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