Thats so funny I was just now in the bac yard pulling out my foam panels thinking about doin the same thing.

They look very snug and now is the perfect time to put your protection on your palms! Looks like some cold weather coming to everyone right after a little bit of mild weather this weekend. I checked the forecast for Fairfield, Iowa, and they are predicting 8F for Wednesday night! Winter has arrived. We will probably get our first killing freeze next weekend.

Good luck!
-Alex

Thanks Alex

It will be a good early test to see if the protection is sufficient!

Now I just have to get the Cactus covered and the rest of the lights laid out and palms covered(-;

Jim, what did you use for your dome tops? Are those trash can lids? And I've found that those dog tie-out stakes that screw into the ground make great anchors that you can zip tie your structure to. Once the ground freezes, they aren't going anywhere.

Looks warm inside. I built a similar structure filled with leaves bu no lights for my musa basjoo but i opened it today to find that its very hot inside and the bannana started growing again and the leaves began rotting because it rained and some got wet.

Keep us updated on the inside temperature. I am interested to see what the temperatures are at when is 0 F outside.

Islb

They are trash can lids but they have 2 layers of bubble wrap under them.
I have 4, 4' rebar stakes(each enclosure) in the ground and 2 -5' medal stakes also,
everything is tied down to those.

I have a bunch of the medal stakes you hammer and screw into the ground I
use to anchor the cactus cover down with.

Unfortunately no one in town will sell just the t-can lids so I will
have to make do with whatever I can scrounge from around the house )-:

Chi palm

I will update this post and let you guys know what the temps stay at,they pretty
much need to be able to stay at least 25F and go well above freezing during the day.

Not much I can do about adding anymore heat,will just have to add some covers or tarps
if it's not enough,what's more fun than working outside in -10(F) temps trying to secure something
to the frozen ground-LOL,or not(-:

Well jim hows the weather now? Did you cover everything else? I still havent covered anything, I decided to see how long I can go before I have to put the covers over everything. I may just cover my sabal minor its got new huge leaves I want to protect.