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Bob Hobden wrote:
Frost seems to be early this year, we went down and fleeced our chillies
yesterday afternoon but I don't think there was a frost last night.
Tonight
it looks like it will be warmer again. Your pumpkin plants will die in
the
frost but as long as the fruit are mature and covered they will be OK.
Didn't have enough fleece to cover our butternut bed so I do hope they
are
OK, will find out later.

We've never fleeced the pumpkins or butternuts in the past. Perhaps we
normally just harvest earlier! I'm slightly worried by the fact that I
can't seem to remember what was 'normal' last year any more! :-(

We don't usually get ours in until frosts are forecast, and they don't
usually happen around here until October at the earliest.
Normal! I don't think we have "normal" weather any more.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK