Believe it or not, on Friday we had a frost warning here in Southeastern Michigan. We have lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, tomato plants, squash and zucchini growing very well. We have some in above ground beds and others in Earthboxes.
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While watching the news on Friday afternoon, I was surprised to hear the frost warning.
Linda and I scrambled to find some suitable items to protect the Earthboxes.
We settled on a few sheets and a cardboard box leftover from a recent patio umbrella purchase. |
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There are two Earthboxes hiding under the table that is draped with a sheet.
The folding table and sheet technique worked very well. |
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The rabbits were getting into our veggies, so we added the fence.
The sheet is draped over two blackberry bushes and provided good protection
for lettuce and a lot of baby Swisschard that is starting to produce very well. |
I don't think we ended up with frost in the end, but last year we lost a lot of veggies with frost on May 15th. Frost on May 24th (Memorial Day Weekend) would have been a big bummer, but we were prepared just in case.