We woke up this morning to our first hard frost. Fortunately, I brought the peppers and tomatoes that are still ripening into the garage a couple of days ago and covered the greens outside with ag-cloth (except for the kale which is extra hardy). I cut the tomatoes off at the base and carried them entwined in their cage into the garage where they are hanging upside down. I read that they will ripen better when attached to the stem. The green peppers were rolled in on two wheel dollies since they are in grow boxes.
Before the frost we harvested all of the new green tips from our mint plants. We ate the last cucumber from the garden today and the last green beans a few days ago, though both of them stopped producing in abundance a few weeks ago. I have been eating handfuls of raspberries for months now, they seldom make it to the kitchen for a photo shoot. We have been harvesting kale, chard, lettuce, celery, tatsoi, parsley and cilantro and expect to continue for many more weeks with the help of a new greenhouse. The new greenhouse structure is almost ready. I had some trouble bending the ribs consistently last weekend but expect to get it right this weekend.
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| Frost on kale |
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| Garden tucked in below new greenhouse structure |
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| Tomatoes hanging upside-down in garage |
