Frost Coming

2am - cars in the road are frosting up nicely! Off to bed

 

Thanks, that's good news. I've never really bothered with spring bulbs before. I didn't know if the frost could harm the new shoots if they got caught off guard. I'm totally in uncharted (for me) territory on this one

 

-1°c here now. Spring bulbs will be fine, and my huddle of plants is frost free too in it's wee nook.

 

Currently -5.1 here.....our first 'proper' frost of the winter...:D

 

All the cars are full of frost here , I'm looking into a pretty moonlit street now , but I am not sticking my nose outside to take the temperature !

 

Bad frost here this morning. Whilst I am glad that at least it's not raining, I am concerned that some of my plants are looking rather wilted.

I planted loads of new young shrubs last year, some of which may not be hardy enough for a northern climate, so will be interesting to see which ones survive and which ones don't.

My Daphne Odora Aureomarginata has wilted quite badly and am about to do a walk round to check on the others.

I was going to cover the less hardy ones in fleece, or move them to the greenhouse, but I decided that I would only have plants in my garden which would survive without any faff, so if they die then so be it. If they do then it's a good excuse to buy more shrubs

 

It hit a low of -3°c last night. The "huddle" looks relatively frost free (wish that I had another thermometer now), and the Sollya is thawing in the sun and looking not too bad. Big question is how much root damage..........

 

We've had a couple of degrees of Frost for the last 3 nights, although daytime has been clear and fine but chilly.

I left one of my hanging baskets out because it was still well green. The trailing geraniums in it have budded and look as though it may flower soon.
I await the effect of the recent frost.
The Cape Daisies that usually die and get chopped down in November still have flowers on and look quite healthy, although the flowers are smaller than those from the Summer.

Lets hope the weather remains no worse - personally I am not asking for heavy frost to break up soil etc. Am I wrong?

 

Could do without a deep one.

Some frost overnight, but cloud & wind melted it early on.

+2c in the potato bucket

 

We had a good 4 - 5 degrees of frost overnight. Bit of a shock to the system after the mild spell. Still, it looks pretty! Made a change walking down to feed the cattle on top of the mud and not through it!

 

I'm with you there - I managed to pull a hamstring over Christmas trudging through the mud over the fields whilst walking the dogs, so it made a pleasant change to be walking on grass rather then wading through it