R.I.P.

[amideutch]

Got hit with the first frost on Thursday which the plants handled OK but the next night it went below freezing again and they were past history. Ami

[Zana]

Ami,

Sorry to see the demise of your plants....just one more sign that the tomato season is drawing to an end. And on that note, I have to go out and clean up my containers that have either bought the farm or are about to do so. Have fun cleaning up yours and cherish the memories of some great maters, Ami!

Zana

[kath]

Ouch! Sorry for your loss, Ami; you have a LOT of fruit still on those plants! Hoping those red fruits are salvageable. Our 10-day forecast has safe nighttime temps but we're living on borrowed time here; but, to everything there is a season.
I learned a lot from your posts so far this year and have enjoyed all of the photos you posted of your beautiful plants in their lovely surroundings. Thanks for all you do.

[Tania]

Oh no!!! How were the fruits? Also damaged?

I am not sure when we are getting the first frost here in Vancouver BC, as the weather seems to turn into the rain storms for now, which means the night temps are way above freezing point. It is mid-50F during the day. I still have peppers and cucumbers growing in the unheated greenhouses. The rest of the garden is almost ready for the winter, with rye and crimson clover planted in most of the cleaned beds.

Tania

[Worth1]

Looks to me like a good excuse to start getting ready for next year.

Worth

[freelancer79d]

Just remeber the good times Ami

[RinTinTin]

We are all going to miss those great pics of your beautiful plants.

"Prost" to next spring.

[veggie babe]

Ami, hope you salvaged some of those great looking toms. I plowed mine under 2-3 weeks ago, still hardly any rain in my part of Texas. We will have to plan on next years crop to keep us going thru the winter months. All I have growing now are collards, onions, garlic, parsley, peppers and basil. I can't complain.

Neva

[pinakbet]

i feel bad when i see plants that are healthy yesterday then dead today.. so sad...

[carolyn137]

I lost all of my plants a week ago and it's the latest killing frost I've seen in many years. WHich would have been wonderful if I'd had decent frujit production this season, which I didn't.

And then yesterday the temps were back up to the high 60's and right now at 6 AM here the temp is still 56 and today and tomorrow the temps are supposed to be in the low 70's, but then talke a dive lower for this weekend.

Tomorrow I'll process the last of the fermentations that were set up last week and then that's it for the year.

One bright spot is that several of my mini-roses that are in a raised bed to the left as I go out the front door, a protected area, are still blooming, and the fragrance of them in bouquets in my home is just wonderful.

What's even more wonderful is the difference in colors that I now see with everything since these two recent cataract surgeries. it seems that the cataracts have a yellow cast so colors I've seen in the past few years as the cataracts have gotten worse have been slightly altered by yellow and to me it means that the reds, especially, as well as the blues, are so much more vibrant.

[franzb69]

i feel bad when i see plants that are healthy yesterday then dead today.. so sad...

same here. been happening to me recelntly.

[ContainerTed]

We've dodged a bullet three times here (very light frosts), but they have us forecasted for a freeze this weekend. The last two rows of tomatoes and the "Peppa-don't" peppers are all that's left, but they'll go down with this one. Hate to see it, but this has been a super year. My neighbors can't believe that I'm still giving away tomatoes.

Anyhow, it's time to let summer out and winter in, and give the earth a much deserved rest. I'm looking forward to winter's warm fires and hot homemade stews and chilis. I yearn for the aroma of freshmade breads and turkey roasting in the oven. I'm ready to hear the crunch of snow and the whistling of the wind. It's time to clean and sharpen the shovels and the hoe and bring in the ornamental plants that will winter inside. It's time to plan for next years garden.

Dang!!!! I can lost in those thoughts.

Ted

[remy]

It is always so sad to see the plants like that.
Remy

[maricybele]

Wow Ami so hard to see them die. It looks as though you are set up very nicely to extend the season a bit by covering in plastic, it doesn't work for super freezes though as I just lost my greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and aloes after a week of below freezing temps. Your large tomato cover looks like exactly what I need to do to protect my tomatoes from the rain. The past 2 years I lost almost many plants due to heavy rains.

[amideutch]

maricybele, the cover on the converted greenhouse works great. I put my special grow outs in it. The only thing it does not do is protect the plants from hail as I found out this year. Ami