0*C

June 1st and our temperature this morning is a cold 0*C/32*F.

Our cucumber plants are in the tall raised bed you see here. We've made it into an inexpensive mini greenhouse for added protection and covered the plants with fleece cloth to keep them from freezing. Once our temperature reaches 5*C we will check to see if they survived the night.

These plants are hardy and the cold temperatures are not a threat to them. We will experiment this fall  with a late planting and see if we can pick fresh spinach and lettuce right through to the end of November.

Compost is vital for a healthy garden and we are trying to expand the volume of compost we create so all our gardens will get a healthy covering during spring planting next year.

I will update this entry sometime after 10, once we've inspected the cucumbers.

Time for an UPDATE 12 Noon.

After it warmed up this morning we opened up the cucumber bed. 

Mary pulled back the fleece cover and all looked good.

Some plants even have new leaves a sure sign of a healthy plant.

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe everyone.