It froze very hard here on Tuesday night. Before that happened, Cass and I covered the peppers and eggplant. Even with the covers, most of the plants still received frost damage. We’ll see what happens with these. I think we’ll still get some produce out of them but maybe not as much. The basil, summer squash and tommatillos all succumbed to the frigidness. Since those plants haven’t been producing much lately and were all dying back anyway, I let them go. Everything else in the garden doesn’t mind being frozen. Although, I noticed the Swiss Chard seemed kind of limp as I was picking it on Wednesday morning. I think maybe it was still trying to thaw out as it looked more crisp that evening.
Four More Weeks to Go
We still have four more weeks left. If anyone is wondering, the last delivery to Stillwater will be Oct. 26, the last for St. Paul will be Oct. 28. Here’s what’s left: lots more spuds, kohlrabi, brussel sprouts, winter squash, pie pumpkins, rutabagas, turnips, pasta squash, swiss chard, hopefully peppers and eggplant, some broccoli, beets, carrots, popcorn, sunflower seeds and horseradish. We also have lots of gourds, ornamental corn and jack o’lanterns which we hope to get rid of mostly at the big party here on Oct. 17.
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