Frustration
So I started my day notifying tenants of the pending Hard Freeze and the need to drip a faucet to save the pipes. I have mentioned this to several of them, but got up with a few more and put a notice on everyone’s door.
Then it was time to protect the camellia – a total failure. I have black construction plastic that is 10 feet wide and was more than adequate for the job with exterior landscape lamp inside to warm the air. I figured out how to get the plastic over the top, but I didn’t count on the strength of the winds, especially the gusts. The winds just found a way under the plastic and blew it away. The duct tape didn’t want to stick in the cold, so if the wind had been blocked at the bottom, it would have still found a way in and blown it away. Camellias aren’t happy in direct sun and the one surviving exemplar is on the North side of the house, in the direct path of the North wind that accompanies cold weather down here.
All I can do is hope for the best. Bummer…
January 7, 2015 6 Comments
Orthodox Christmas
С Рождеством Христовым to my Orthodox friends who are still waiting to see how the calendar reform works out.
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