hard frost

"The Craterium minutum slime mould was found on decaying vegetation, at the edge of a compost heap in my garden, captured following a hard frost," said Webb.

The best way for people to prevent the disease is to take steps to lessen the chance of a mosquito bite until the first hard frost of the year.

“It really helps to regulate the temperature at the surface of the soil if there is a hard frost or we get one of these extended icy events. It will help insulate just enough to protect tender plant roots,” Sorin says.

First his fruit and corn crops in northern Italy withered in a hard frost, then they were hit by torrential rains and record flooding, followed by an exceptional heatwave and finally hail storms.

Our first hard frost dropped weeks ago, but the radish, nettle, and corn salad are still holding on, tucked against the frigid ground like ears on a mad cat.