Over break I've been taking care of a family friend's house/plants/fish while he's away, so of course I was quite disheartened to hear it was potentially freezing tonight. Protecting his yard from the cruel tongues of frost is a massive undertaking involving pulleys, 10 foot long tarps, and potential hernias....not exaggerating at all.
Annoyed, but unwilling to allow dozens of plants to shrivel to their death under my watch, I set out bringing in all the pots and covering up anything immobile due to size. Luckily, I managed to contact him (in Singapore) and determined that at these temperatures, the tall plants would survive fine (so no pulleys needed). Almost two hours later, I've returned home exhausted, but pleased to know I've done my duty.
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