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We've had our first frost this week and the pumpkins and squashes' leaves have all gone black and soggy.

It was only 2C in the greenhouse this morning.

Has this been just Yorkshire, or have other areas had the same?

Still warmish, very windy and wet here, sticking out into the Irish Sea. Though we have had a fair few heavy hail showers Thursday and Friday.

Dear Plumpudding, sharp frost here last night, but somehow we managed to escape any damage.

But it's really starting to blow outside now, and looks very stormy indeed.

As we've had a early brief spell of wintry weather perhaps we can now look forward to an Indian Summer?

John

Had frost last two nights here on east coast of suffolk

It turned frosty quite suddenly last night here (lovely glistening cover on the car and garage roof!) but by morning it had warmed up again to 4 degrees. Pouring rain all day today, but tomorrow should be clear and dry again though, I understand, further south it's going to get very wet tomorrow.

I planted our overwintering onions (Radar) and the garlic (Solent Wight) yesterday, at least they were well watered in today.

Sharp frost here this morning, but it's windy and raining now, and a lot milder. Although everything was white this morning, nothing appears to have been damaged

Hi

Here on the Moray Firth in North Scotland the lowest air temp. so far has been plus 2 degrees - bit of ice on car wndscreens but no massive damage to plants.

Surprisingly no frost at all here so far. Considering that we normally have them from the last week in August yet this year none. This is the latest period before frost in well over thirty years. I actually still have runner beans with flowers on them and several pickings to come if the weather holds.
Yesterday, with a period of sunshine amidst the heavy downpours, the bumble bees were very busy down the bean rows.
JB.

Hi Johnboy

Nice to know that the state of the runner beans in Herefordshire is the same as as in Morayshire. I'm eating one right now - much better straight off the plant in this cool still evening than cooked the next day.