First Freeze?

We may be in for a different winter this year.  There is a freeze, not frost, warning out for tonight and I had to get the cold frame covers out of summer hibernation.  I had intended to get them out this past weekend and do some maintenance/reinforcing, but Sandy's wind and rain made that a poor choice.  In any case they are on and will hopefully do their job.  It was late November before we needed them last year.

I took some photos of the "crops" before I covered them.  We have been enjoying all the salad we can eat with mixed lettuce, arugula and spinach.

The far end of the above bed also has some pepper plants still producing, but I fear the cold will shut them down pretty soon.

This bed has swiss chard and three kinds of kale plus some spinach on the side.

This one has turnips and beets with some arugula at the ends.

This one has brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, all coming along very slowly.  The cover buckwheat crowded out the new starts at first and I am hoping they make a comeback with the extended season covers.

This is our spaghetti squash tree.  The vines climbed the crepe myrtle and also latched on to the fence.




There was a volunteer sweet 100 grape tomato plant that I was letting grow in the greens bed that started very late in the season.  With the freeze coming I harvested all the fruit and have put a couple of bananas in the basket to hasten the ripening process.  Maybe fresh tomato candy for Thanksgiving?