AAAH! KILLER FROST!!!

Ok, so last night, I set out the tomato, watermelon, corn and asparagus seedlings. This morning as I was getting in my car to head in for a court appearance, I noticed frost on the back window! I absently thought "Uh oh", but I didn't think any more about it. Just now, as I was putting some potatoes in straw mounds, I looked at where my other seedings were, and they were gone! Imagine my surprise to see that all of my seedlings, cucumbers, corn, tomatoes and all the rest were dead, killed by the frost...it's so discouraging. How could there be frost this far into spring? It's June, for crying out loud!!!
Last frost out here is supposed to be around May 19th (on average) I guess this isn't going to be an average summer, especially since there's probably going to be ANOTHER frost in a few days ??!!
If I had known, I would have put buckets over the seedlings! Crickey...
Last year my garden went in around June 1st, and I didn't get very much of anything, at least of cucumbers, but the broccoli and carrots did really well, despite the late planting.

I really, really, really need a greenhouse. I can start the seeds in flats inside the house, put them out in the greenhouse around mid May to harden off, and plant them on June 10th or so. I can't risk losing my plants again!

In other, happier news...I'm going to start an ice cream stand! I bought the cooler today, some tires for the cart, and I just need some paint, handles and stuff, and I can build the cart. I'd like to have it ready for the 13-14th of June, there's a huge "festival" in our local town, and I want to part some sweating tourists with their money, in exchange for ice cream. If I can sell a few times a month, make a couple hundred dollars, I can stop bleeding money, and maybe even get back in the black! If nothing else, I could probably recover my investment. I really think I could make some good coin though.

Maybe next year I'll try planting in old tyres, people who live waaaaay further north than I do have had success with that. I've got to do something different, anyway.