FROST

 GRRRRR

They predicted we were going to have 

COLD nights and mornings Sat and Sunday.

And we survived.

And then last night (although we covered EVERYTHING)

we got a heavy frost and it killed it all.

Lost the hibiscus, the tomatoes, the peppers,

the mangos, everything.

The dew fell, it froze, and it all died.

(The sheets were frozen...)

Darn it.

We were planning to pull everything out

of the garden and plant beans in the next

week or so anyway, but we tried to save those

wonderful black tomatoes and the peppers.

Sigh.

Tomatoes and peppers.

Hibiscus "ghosts".

Sad.

But - life continues on.

We'll just plant new tomatoes and peppers.

(The watermelon got taken out by the previous

week's cold snap...)

Meanwhile......

It wasn't terrible yesterday.

That was our high.

Today it is 67 and climbing

to 80 by Friday.

I've been running the freeze dryer out in 

the garage non-stop.

Both to preserve food, but also because it

puts off a good amount of heat, so the dogs

stayed nice and warm during these cold nights.

Sunday we finished a load of green beans.

And then put in a load of onions and

colored bell peppers.

LOTS and LOTS of onions and bell peppers!

Saturday between my classes I chopped them all.

Luckily I have my favorite little chopper

so it only took about an hour.

As it was, my eyes were starting to water.

I can only imagine hand chopping them all!

YIKES!

I bought a stack of those little pizza thingies.

It's a little white post that they put in a pizza

box so the lid doesn't crush the pizza and all

the cheese gets stuck on the inside of the lid.

But it's also handy so I can stack my trays and 

don't have to worry about them getting stuck

or crushing each other.

It's pretty nifty.

And it was like $5 on amazon.

(Stole the idea for someone on facebook...)

OK.

Well, my co-worker at the town is in the hospital

so I might need to run to the Town for a couple of 

hours - so I'd best get done here, eat some quick

lunch and get on about my day.