[JRandomFreeper]

One thing about those weather forecasts... you have a walled garden, which is typically warmer than open countryside. You may not actually see freezing temps in your yard.

/johnny

[Marcella]

“you have a walled garden, which is typically warmer than open countryside. You may not actually see freezing temps in your yard.”

That is true. The thick brick walls are very high - a man has to use a ladder to get over a wall. My lady friend's son is in high school and tall and athletic and he has scaled that wall without a ladder but most couldn't.

Thanks for reminding me of that holding heat inside and reducing wind, as it makes me feel using the row covers, the plants should be okay.

Back when Ike was going to come through, we stacked stuff under the roof of the lower deck and tied down a few large items under the roof to make sure they didn't take off. I knew the wind would have less chance of moving anything since I had the tall brick walls.

After Ike came through, everything under the roof was fine, EXCEPT there was a missing small rolling dolly for a plant with no plant on it. It was very close to the edge of the roofed deck and I don't know what happened to it. I told my husband not to mention that missing dolly as it could have gone through someone’s window or taken off a dog's head. How it was picked up and taken over a wall, I don't know, but it was gone and has never resurfaced.