No Fair!

We set the alarm for 4 am, but Bruce woke at 3:50 am, and quickly checked the temperature. 32 degrees! BAD news for the garden. He ran outside and turned on the garden sprinkler, tossed a quick prayer into the Universe that this maneuver would work, and stumbled back into bed.

When we got up "for real" at 6:45 am, the temperature was down to 31 degrees. We had NOT covered the garden, and we hadn't harvested all the tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, etc. either. This freeze was a day early! We hoped turning the sprinklers on would save the produce, but when we went to check, this is what awaited us.....













ICE!!!

We didn't hold out much hope for the vegetables... and after all- it was ALMOST October. We really couldn't complain, but I did so very much wish I'd picked the last of the tomatoes and peppers. (I have to admit, I wasn't the least bit upset about losing the eggplant. Sorry Chelsey!)

Later that afternoon, I took the Shelties out to the garden to pull some carrots. I knew they had been spared- and Lo and Behold! The garden was STILL flourishing! Once the ice had melted, all the plants had perked up! We didn't lose a single vegetable! Even our fragile peppers were still growing. We won't have another freeze for a couple of days... perhaps long enough for some of the green tomatoes to ripen on the vine. And certainly long enough for us to make another meal out of the zucchini and yellow squash. This has been the longest producing garden we've ever had! I am going to miss it when it finally succumbs to Fall.