First frost

We had our first frost last night and a couple blasts of snow yesterday, but today the temperatures are back in the high 50's and the low tonight is expect to be 50 deg F. I covered all of the frames except the tomatoes with one layer of plastic.

I was able to fill the sixth frame with soil and transplant lettuce, chard and parsley that have been growing in overcrowded conditions. I picked choi and some beets and carrots that were planted way back in May. A couple of beets were almost baseball size, but most were only slightly larger than golf balls. I will try giving them more space to grow next year since I have not been good about thinning them as they grow. Similarly with the carrots, one very wide but short, while most were small, and one "frankencarrot" with 8 tapers.

EDIT: I did a little research on how long you can leave beets in the ground and found that they are most tender when allowed to grow 40-50 days (that would have been late July), and that they are best when picked small (1-1/2" to 2"). So I guess I was wrong to disparage the size of my beets. I am just accustomed to purchasing larger beets at the grocery store.