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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

A Frosty Start...

Though we have had warm weather recently, a cold front came in late Sunday and had its way with the gardens.  The temperatures dropped below freezing last night.  We had a hard frost.  The grass was all covered in white.


The beds were frosty.  The potatoes were covered in white ice crystals.


Unfortunately, they did not make it through the thaw.  We lost them and the green beans.  The beans we will replant.


I hope the potatoes come back on their own . . .

One good aspect of the frost - the knotweed took a good hit.  I won't need to cut them back this week.


Good thing we didn't plant our warm weather plants yet!


1 comment:

Holly Knott said...

OH! THE KNOTWEED! I think nothing kills it... not even Roundup. Amazingly tough stuff. UGH!!! We, too, had frost and a freeze here in the Berkshires around the time of yours. Such a long cold winter, too. We started many plants from seed and started putting in some plants despite warnings not to until Memorial Day (!) so we covered with pots on those nights...