1stop Organic Gardening

I walked past my organic veggie garden a day or two ago on my way to feed the chooks, and to my horror my 30cm tall (12 inches) broad beans were all bent over. I was mortified! Then I took in the surrounding landscape…. misty, very cold, crunching sound as I walked… yes, there was a frost over-night.

Now we only get mild frosts here in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. But it was enough for the grass (weeds in my case) to freeze. I don’t let my chooks out before about 9 am ususally (we have a fox hanging around), so the sun had been out for a while. But the sun hadn’t reached my veggie plot yet.

So anyway, the broad beans were all limp and I thought “that’s it for them!!!”, but as it turns out, they are pretty robust. By lunchtime they’d straightened up and were looking as perfect as I’d seen them the day before. What extra-ordinary plants!

So if you live in a frosty area, don’t despair if you should see your broad beans suffering from frost. Most likely, by the time you’ve clicked your heels together and whispered “there’s no place like home” three times, your broad beans will have been done with their trickery.

I didn’t think to go grab the camera… ’cause I was still in shock, but if it happens again I’ll take a snap to show you!

Happy Organic Gardening, Healthy Living…

Julie

Filed under: chickens, vegetables on July 31st, 2008