Average first frost date here is September 15. It can vary by 2 weeks either way. So I was not surprised this past week to hear a frost warning in the weather forecast. In previous years, I tried to put plastic over my vertical frames. It never worked well. Too windy here, I guess.
I have way too many green tomatoes to let frost kill my tomatoes. This is after I broke off developing flower shoots.
This year, I took down the vertical frames and gently laid the tomatoes across the dirt. Then I got out some storm windows and laid them across my garden.
All that, and then the frost warning was a false alarm!!! I slid the windows across each other to allow heat to escape. Lows for the next week are predicted above 50. Oh, well. I'm ready now for frost when it does come. I just have to slide the windows so they cover and enclose my garden.
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