This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Sunday 6 November 2011

1st Frost

We had our 1st frost today, and since I was posting about sunflowers yesterday I decided to post a frosty edged sunflower (the frost is melting away now). Later today I will be salvaging veg for a big pot of soup.

'Giant Sunflower'

8 comments:

  1. Wow this is the first time I see sunflower with frost on it. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. That's a great photo Kelli - maybe it should be renamed frost flower. Still no real frost for us but I guess it is just around the corner

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  3. Sunflowers have usually finished blooming by the time the frosts arrive. Perhaps winter is on it's way, though we still haven't had a frost here yet.

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  4. That is a beautiful photo, but poor little sunflowers! I bet your veg soup is simmering right now. Enjoy your day!

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  5. The sunflower photo is a true beauty, a winner. Here, ours have died and hardened by the time of the first frost, so your photo really is unusual. Hope you had a good soup.

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  6. Sunflower with frost! That's wonderful capture!

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  7. Sad to see the sunflowers go, but this is a great shot with the covering of frost.

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  8. wow, what an amazing photo!! really beautiful! Barefoot Mama

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