Frost Damage

After a couple of days enjoying the local countryside we made a visit to the plot mainly with the intention of getting our winter onions planted. It was another cold night with the temperature down to a chilly 1.9°C. The first thing we checked on at the plot was for frost damage. The dahlias looked in good condition as we approached and I always think of these being the first plants to suffer from frost damage.

Next to the dahlias are some sunflowers and our wild flower mixture. These weren't showing any signs of frost damage either.

It was a different picture on other parts of the plot. Our courgette plants had certainly suffered from the couple of chilly nights and have decided enough is enough.

I don’t think they've any intention of producing more courgettes this season and the remains can be removed to the compost heap. Not far from these courgettes our every bearing strawberry plants, Flamenco, still have some flowers which appear to have escaped any frost damage as the centres of the flowers haven’t turned black.

We did get round to planting our onions which Sue will be covering in a blog post later in the week. Next to the new onion bed are some nasturtiums which had self sown and are really weeds but have been producing some colour and providing food for any late butterflies that are about. Rather a surprise then but these “weeds” have just been caught by the frost. Who would have thought it!