Limp Lettuce

Friday was a little milder and we escaped without a keen overnight frost. There was a little rain in the early hours of the morning before it became light. Through the day we had some pleasant sunny spells although the breeze meant it felt cold again out of doors.

I made a quick trip down to the plot to see what had or hadn't survived the keen frost when the temperature fell to -3°C.

I hadn't expected any of the few remaining lettuces to have survived and expected all the plants to look like the Little Gem on the left, well and truly frosted. This wasn't the case as some Lollo Rossa had survived the frost rather well.

I next checked the green manure which I think might survive winter providing it doesn't get too cold or we have a prolonged spell of cold weather.

This looks to have survived the cold so far without any signs of a set back at all, although I think it actually stopped growing a few weeks ago when the temperature began to fall. Anyhow so far so good.

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