It was bound to happen eventually, but so soon?! Sometime last week the temperatures in the area were to go down to 34, but apparently in my sloped garden, that means a light frost! I didn't know to cover plants, so things were not looking so great the next morning...
The tops of the basil in particular had gone brown and not so good looking. So I cut the 4 plants out of the ground, trimmed off the worst bits, and made one last batch of pesto. I would've dried some, too, but apparently 4 basil plants is more than enough for me to stock up on dried basil for myself and 5 friends...
It got down to 33 or 34 several nights in a row after that initial frost, so I proceeded to cover the garden with my row cover and an old sheet/dropcloth. So now the garden looks like a tent town:
Sadly, most of what got hit that first night looks terrible. I'm not upset because I knew this was coming, I just didn't know it was coming so soon! If I had, I would've thrown covers on the important plants the first night! I'm still harvesting tomato fruit, and I'm going to let the winter squash age a bit more (under covers). Let's hope everything turns out alright...
A couple days later, the squash leaves are over.it.
Peppers & Eggplants: nah. Kale> yah.
The bush beans and nasturtium, giving up on life.
Little Mama tomatoes, sorta hanging in there
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