My delphiniums are now in all their stately glory, the 5-foot, blue spires reaching for the sky as they guard the gate to my vegetable garden.
When a freeze is coming, cover tender plants with cloth that’s supported to prevent breaking the plant and secure the cloth at ground level to keep out the cold.
--LSU AgCenter/Dan Gill photo
HAMMOND — Winter is here, and this time of year brings questions about protecting landscape plants during the cold months of December, January and February.
St. Mary Parish residents are being advised to protect pipes, plants and pets as the low tonight is predicted to be 25 degrees with a wind chill around 15.
Robert Mabe, an inspector at Cameron in Patterson, warms his fingers during a short break this morning. Mabe arrived to work shortly after 4 a.m. (The Daily Review Photo by Courtney Darce)
Initial reports indicate Morgan City and the surrounding area managed to escape the first night of near-record cold with inconvenience and discomfort rather than misery and disaster.
With near-record low temperatures predicted for Tuesday morning, St. Mary Parish is bracing for a bitter cold that the area isn’t used to dealing with.