Frost Alert!

I've been up all night watching the weather in case things go bad in a hurry. With thermomoters in both the garden and on the deck for measurement, the temperature has been falling, but suddenly it really starts dropping and at 2:30 AM frost is already forming on raised surfaces and the temperature has plunged 5 degrees in the last hour. The weather service is calling for a "hard Freeze", death to all new transplants, even cold hardy ones like those we just planted.
Gotta cover the plants!!!!
April wakes up at the sound of a commotion, and together we head out into the chilly night air.A little extra plastic is on the roll, using the car and tractor headlights we work covering the 5 330 foot rows.


By 4 am the job is done, the frost is falling around us, but the sprouts are safe.
This is called exhaustion. Wake up at 6 Am, plant, water, till and organize until 10 PM, then watch the weather and get a quick meal, work though the night and finally in bed at 5 AM
The 23 hour workday!