After days of warmer temperatures, this morning we awoke to a cold, clear day with a hard frost on the ground. We’ve had frost already, but without the protective cover of the leaves on the trees, it ws far spred in our yard this morning. The cold makes for a happy, happy dog!
While Jasper romped about in the fresh air, L3 and I were busy exclaiming to each other about what we were seeing in the frost. He showed me this:
and I asked him to notice the frost here:
The coldframe has been closed, protecting the tender growth within. This morning all the condensation was highly noticeable on the inside of the lights, but the greens within were cosy as could be.
Despite the multiple frosts we’ve had, the cosmos are still in bloom. Though I look forward to each season in its turn, there is still something so hopeful about those pieces of color shining through in the stark landscape of the dark season ahead.
How deep is your cold frame and what have you planted in it? Lovely cosmos.
Hi storygal! The coldframe is about 8″ deep at the higher end, about 4″ at the lower end. We built it based on the directions in Four Season Harvest. This year I have two types of lettuce in it, scallions, carrots, and broccoli. The lettuce always fares relatively well. Broccoli is so-so. The carrots are an experiment this year, and it will be a first for the scallions, too, though I’ve read/heard that they winter-over very well.