Freeze up

Hard frost last night.  More like a deep freeze actually.  -11 at 7am this morning, was below zero all night and all day/night tonight.

Milder weather coming up starting Sunday, but wondering how the chard and celery will fare after this. Also wonder if the carrots still in the ground will be ok.

Straw for the chard, celery, and garlic

Bought a bale of straw at Ritchie's for $11.

Spread a bunch of it around the chard and celery by the vertical bed, as well as some on the various garlic areas.

Some chard/celery is un-strawed; will compare how they survive with the strawed parts.

First frost

The tomato plants finally died within the last couple of days.  Until now they were still normal and healthy looking, but now the leaves have all withered and shrunk.