Unfrosted

We brought in as many plants as we could stand to and had room for and then covered up as many as we could with as many old towels and sheets as were available. First in were the potted milkweeds (quite tender) to be saved in case monarchs hatch or fly through, basil, the succulents from Mrs. H. with white parts that turn pink in the chill, representative chile plants, the best of the ancient geraniums (which should have been slipped this summer), and the schefflera in two pots that grew from remnants of last year's frozen one that survived and were stuck in new pots. This morning there was no frost to be seen, and certainly no killing frost. The ground's still warm, of course, so that helps. After the chill predicted for the next few nights, everything will go back out, except, perhaps, the larger and heavier schefflera.