Not a very hard freeze. It was 30° at the Sugar Land airport when I got up at 5:30 Wednesday morning. Which means it probably got to 30° in some unprotected parts of my garden too. And a hard frost! I know it's a problem for gardeners, but I love the sparkle of the first hard frosts. I took a drive before the frost had melted, but after the bright sun was shining. Gorgeous! Our version of winter beauty: bright, clear, dark blue sky (in the summer, the sky bleaches to almost white), golden grasses, sparkly frost, a few yellow leaves. It's a stark beauty, one you have to get used to. But I love it.
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| Ouch! Tomato forest gets stung again. |
In the garden, the tops of the tomato forest burned a bit more. I don't think the plants will die, and I don't think it will harm the tomatoes. I'm just waiting for a few to begin to ripen! I think I'm almost there. I'm keeping my fingers crossed we don't get a really terrible freeze before that happens. On the other hand, I didn't cover them. I'm resigned, either way.
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| Nasturtiums show only minor damage |
The nasturtiums got a bit of a snap, too. I don't know, really, whether the frost or dehydration got these leaves. It was very windy Tuesday ahead of the cold front. Extremely windy!
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| These are fine. |
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| These too! |
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| And these! |
The lettuces don't notice light freezes and frosts, which made me wonder. Why don't those tender looking leaves suffer in the cold and wind? All the other plants I have with large leaves dehydrate so badly. Where did lettuce originate, that it is so deceptively hardy? I came across several answers: Egypt, Persia, Greece. All relatively warm places. So I ask you -- why does lettuce laugh at frost?
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| Snapdragons look like buttered popcorn! |
And here is the reason I like to plant flowers in the vegetable garden. It means I'm always successful!
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I too thought your lettuce looked unscathed. That is a good question. Cool weather crop, but frost? Your snaps do look like popcorn, that is funny.
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