Well it finally happened, our first frost. And it wasn't just slightly a frost, it ended up in the mid to up 20's. So I guess that could be a freeze. This year there were a few warnings of frost in some areas, even hitting 32 by Columbia's news cast. But usually here it stays a bit warmer so I didn't cover any of my plants. And all my plants survived. But on Saturday night the 24th of November I knew it was going to hit me this time. I only covered my lettuce and my tomatoes. I grabbed half of my tomatoes (that were still green) and brought them in doors. I also cut a bunch of baby lettuce from an area I wasn't planning on covering. Well that Sunday morning, I checked and the tomatoes had met their maker. If only I had an extra month to get those tomatoes red. So next year I will need to start my seeds on June first and need to get them in the ground before mid - august which is when I ended up putting them in the garden.
On a good note, everything else is doing fine. I still continue to cover the lettuce when it seems to dip below freezing, but they tend to do ok, with a little frost. I even had my mom take my collards so that she can cook them up. They are easy to grow, I just need to learn to cook them since my wife neither eats nor cooks it.
I also got some discounted fruit trees from homedepot this past weekend. Marked down from $28 to $9.98. I'm thinking now is a good time to start planting them and giving them time to get ready for the summers heat.
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