Yesterday there was an unexpected frost. In this neck of the woods even if they forecast one, it is met with doubt until it actually manifests itself. This is why I was surprised when I arrived at The Farm to find a white smattering over the evergreen plants and mulch in the Welcome Border. A little later, after my “site inspection”, it appears it was the only spot affected, but it is a lesson indeed. This is a vulnerable spot. We live and learn and this will influence any future planting. Probably.
It was a good day, if not a little crazy. This is after all The Farm. The weather was intermittent sun and showers. Master G has begun the main vegetable garden project earlier in the week and this was continued by Slasher. He bedded in recycled paving slabs to act as both a boundary and a path. Being the seasoned engineer that he is, he even used a line and tape. Further up the garden I dug nettles and creeping buttercup out of the sweet pea bed whilst Mrs G pruned the blackcurrants. We prefer to use The Force for our measurements. Turf was shifted, potatoes chitted, cannas repotted, verbena sown. At all times we were closely supervised by White Spot the chicken.
As I drove home, in an outrageous downpour with the low sun blasting in my rear view mirror, the most magnificent rainbow appeared above the Devon bank. I took that as a very positive sign.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Didn’t get any frost down`t road!!?
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Just goes to show how localised it is!
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Super rainbow against that forbidding sky! We’ve had frosts in London nearly every morning this week but the magnolia is unscathed thank goodness. Should I be repotting my cannas now? Some are ‘resting’ in the shed and some are in the greenhouse.
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These cannas were bargains I had bought in the autumn and they were already pot bound, they were desperate!
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Mine are so tight they are pushing the sides of the pots out! As I can’t offer them enough warmth to get growing yet I think I will leave them like that until spring. Do love a bargain though 😀
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These had to be cut out of their pots (do I win?). These were the bargain of the bargains £17.99 reduced to £5, actually not as good as the witch hazel £39.99 reduced to £5, but not bad!
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You win 😉
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We can call it a draw if you like 🙂
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Nice rainbow lucky you 🙂
Sorry to hear about the frost, it must be a shock when not used with it.
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I don’t think it did much harm, hope I am not being unduly optimistic! I can never get enough rainbows, although the photo didn’t really show how bright this one was and it was a double one too. 🙂
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The frosty leaf looks good enough to eat. It’s like a pastry. Your rainbow is wonderful.
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It did look very pretty, it is an oriental poppy leaf, so should be fine with its freezing!
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A source who wishes to remain anonymous informs me that the blackcurrants are looking particularly fine at the moment.
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Now I wonder who that could be …….?
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A lovely rainbow. We haven’ t had much frost this year, at least I don’ t think so, I am not an early riser. But endless, endless rain makes the gardener’ s lot a very, squelchy, muddy business indeed.
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In the Midlands at the moment where it is bright but cold. This is a much better option!
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Wonderful rainbow capture! Our weather is very changeable, too; though mostly rain. I can’t begin to tell you how eager I am for spring to arrive.
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