Frost help, ASAP!!!

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fair weather chicken said:
we have a hard freeze warning for tonight. covered our fruit trees, apple and a pear loaded with blossoms. i work at a hotel and got retired sheets for free. hope it doesn't get as cold as they are saying. 81 for Wednesday. can't wait. hope all plants make it.
umbrellas are a cool idea.
Where do you live, fair weather? (general area, I mean) I feel for you having to cover trees, too!
 

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Frost warning here, too. I used buckets, flower pots, sand pail, cardboard boxes, sheets. It doesn't take much of a covering to protect the plant. I see bean "necks" just breaking the soil. Hope the frost doesn't get those, too!
 

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I'd at least put loose straw over those bean necks!
 

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Ugh, just found out my pond floating plants are also risking being frozen....crap...
 

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Well, it apparently did not frost in my yard. I had the most tender plants covered. No frost on the chicken house roof this morning; that's the best way to see it here. Now it is supposed to be warm for the rest of the week. Weatherman said our weather should be more seasonal now for the rest of spring. Like he knows! I do feel safe to plant the rest of my beans and cukes now, tho. Gotta try.....
I hope everyone else survived....?
 

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If I could remember how to post a pic, I would show you my office. I always look like the crazy plant lady- but I had to move the entire contents of the greenhouse in here! Glad you got lucky, so lucky. They are predicting 29 tonight! Strawberries are covered- I think I am ready. Several of my customers reported seeing snow this morning! I feel bad about the fruit trees.
 

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so lucky, we are in southwest lower Michigan, about 10 miles east of lake Michigan. seems that if they even think about frost we get it. everything seemed to survive just fine, including our lilacs which we couldn't cover.
 

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I always assume that the perennials are tough enough to withstand a little frost (or a lot?) because they generally have hardened off already. 29, tho, that's pretty frosty! Good luck.
 

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