Before the frosty nights, I was sure to pick some garden greens and radishes. There was a lot of arugula so the salad was spicy eith the radishes.
During this pandemic, I am delivering some free garden food to the elders in my life as well.
As you may know, I'm here in zone 6-7 where it continues to have nights of frost up until May. I used towels, throw blankets, thin quilts and bedsheets, potato grow bags, tent covers, and tree covers, and tobacco canvas. You name it, I used it! I wanted to protect the many fruiting trees and bushes in the food forest. Besides the trees, I covered the 2 grapes, 10 blueberry bushes, 3 goji berries, 2 raspberries.
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| Grapes |
In the photo below, you can spot my dog rolling on her back and kicking the air.
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| Alberta peaches |
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| Nectarines |
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| pear minimally covered |
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| Pear |
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| Plum and cherries |
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| Figs, cherry, and plum |
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| Blueberries, goji, raspberries |
With this frost, I worry about the fruit trees and their fruits. I covered the majority of the fruiting bushes but barely covered the large fruit trees. I didnt cover the Tulip garden and I saw this morning that the petals have fallen, so they didn't make it. I ran out of covers for them plus anything weighing the tulips down would probably break them.
There's 3 figs, 3 peaches, 1 mulberry, 2 nectarines, 2 cherries, 2 plums, 2 pears, that are loaded with tiny fruits. I hope they survived the 28 degree night. I woke up this morning and there is frost blanketing the landscape.
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| Pear fruits |
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| Cherry fruits |
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| Flowering aronia, which I ran out of covers to protect |
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| Dogwood flowering |
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| Cold April sunset |
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