Each enclosure was built around a Meyers lemon citrus tree for weather protection. This is a detailed process beginning with extensive pruning of each tree, placing large containers then filling with water (35-gallon each), wrapping trees with multiple layers of burlap, placing 4 by 8-foot wood lattice panel above the t-posts (securely fastening with tie wraps), and completing the enclosure using a 20 by 30-foot tarp (securing with rope) and duct tape (image: John Green).
The coldest winter weather of the season has now come and gone with warmer weather to remain! Gardeners, we now must deal with the aftermath of having multiple days and nights of frigid, sub-freezing temperatures and the havoc plants have endured. We need to consider how best to care for freeze-damaged plants. It is important for each of us to assess the freezing damage before mindlessly removing …
