First Frost of the Season ❄️ - Got Egg (Plant) on my Face! 🍆

Yesterday marked our first frost which I worked to prepare for alas it was not enough for our eggplant. 😔

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Even so, our plants have yielded some fruit but could have probably matured a bit more had I learned what I know now. The mistake was thinking that a light fabric covering was sufficient. Had I coupled that with a plastic covering, the plants may have fared better. It was a loss but not a TOTAL LOSS. _{Especially because we learned something!}

The fabric covering I had used

A few bullet points from this experience:

Use both plastic and fabric covering on frost sensitive plants
Using plastic covering on ground plant seemed ineffective (banana tree) while covering in potted plants seemed to work (spare one eggplant)
Found plastic covering on ginger and Carolina Reaper came loose but seemed to survive, thankfully.
Everything I placed in our Wally World greenhouse survived! It may be cheap and blows away in the slightest wind but sure gets the job done in a pinch!

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Here's the link if interested. Not terrible for $79 but if you had the right material could probably put together something much more sturdy with PVC pipe.

Gardman Green 75 in. H x 49 in. W Walk-In Greenhouse

Anyways, I am glad that I was able to save most of our plants. This homesteading / gardening business can be a lot of work but it's great to become more self-sufficient.

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