Last night, I covered the tomatoes, peppers, and a few flowers with sheets and floating row cover. We've been doing this for a week or two, not because of low overnight temperatures, but to prevent the deer from dining on what remains of our garden.
The forecast overnight low was 4 degrees C, so I didn't worry too much about frost. That was a mistake! When I looked outside this morning and spotted thick, white sparkles on the sheets, my heart sank. The tomatoes and peppers are okay, but the squash plants....*sob*. The Burpee's Butterbush and the North Georgia Candy Roaster plants got zapped by frost overnight. Some of the leaves are still alive, so we'll leave the squash on for the time-being.
With the exception of one squash - and that would be a stretch - the Burpee's Butterbush are nowhere near mature or ready to harvest. The Candy Roasters might be mature enough to harvest in a pinch. Just as well, as it turns out...
To top off the "Bad Luck For Squash" theme of the day, a Candy Roaster snapped from the plant when I was examining it this afternoon, looking for frost damage. The break was right up against the squash; there is no longer a stem attached. It will have to be cured and then eaten in relatively short order.
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