Spring Frost.....

   Yesterday evening Thomas and I covered up as many flowers as we could. The weather man said freezing temperatures with heavy frost. I woke this morning about quarter till 8, put Thomas winter coat over my jammies and went outside to check my flowers. My poor flowers, I couldn't believe how thick the frost was. My Sweet Pea bush was bowed over and frozen. We tried to cover it up but the sheet was to heavy and bent the branches. I hurried, grabbed a bucket of water to wash off the frost. I've been told by other gardners that if you wash off the frost before the sun gets warm there won't be as much damage. I went around the garden and washed off what we didn't get covered. You can see by the picture how "hung over" the Sweet Pea was....

   

    You can see the frost on the sheet covering my Peonies.


   Later that morning.... Daddy wanted to up grade his flower garden and landscape like mine. We headed to Seymour, but first we had to pick up a new belt for Linda's lawnmower. We then went to the garden store and looked at some flowers that I thought would be good for Daddy's garden. We loaded up seven bags of mulch and a weed cloth. By then it was time for a break and we enjoyed lunch together. We headed home to lay the mulch and prepare the beds. Now we'll wait till after May 10, then we can plant. Maybe by then Mother Nature will have the weather figured out.