Mother Nature is throwing another curve ball with a freeze warning for both Monday and Tuesday nights, the type of weather that usually doesn’t make an…
Crews know how to protect plants from freezing temperatures, but it's something they don't usually have to deal with until late November.After the rain and a cold front pushed through North Texas over the weekend, on Monday, the drop in temperatures shocked many being accustomed to a scorching summer.
At the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, crews spent Monday placing frost cloths on about 2 acres worth of plants to protect them from the forecasted overnight freeze. He joked that workers had to find all the jackets to prepare and protect the fragile plants that are expected to last for the next several weeks.
"Never use plastic, you've got to use some type of fabric. If you don’t have the actual frost cloth from the store, then you can use a blanket. Make sure you ask your wife before getting all the sheets and blankets out of the house, that’s always a good move," joked Forehand, who said beach towels can work, too.
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