winter. Such a lovely time.

Snow everywhere and cold Brrrr.

I keep two potted plants on either side of an out-ward-opening french door on my deck.

They keep the wind from grabbing the doors and hurling them shattering the glass etc.

But only the plants I've had any success with were Pines and they are MESSY dropping pounds of needles that get in everything.

SO I want to try for another plant one that can take the winter. But there is the root ball.

Very few Root balls can take a deep hard freeze.

Few. Mostly it's pines and not all of them either.

So I had a brainstorm.

Soooo Tell me I'm crazy, why it's a fire hazard, too much for the plant, won't work, or whatever - - tell me it's brilliant - - But tell me why - tell me something that you have knowledge of.

This stuff:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-King-60-ft-Roof-De-Icing-Cable-Kit-RC60/100187093

Roofing drip edge heaters wound inside a pot.

That's it. Those Drip edge hear strips that are intended to prevent Ice Damming on a roof-line.

They are meant to be wet all the time.

They are engineered to sit in constant contact with a flammable material ( asphalt shingles)

They are intended to be all-weather all-year-long.

The proposed method:

Wrap nearly half the length of one around and around and around the outer edge of the dirt line inside a pot maybe secure it in place before filling with dirt and run the rest under the threshold to go do the other pot.

Wouldn't be any more unsightly than my automated drip watering system ( which I adore).

That's it.

Why am i Crazy? They don't get very warm. They barely the melt ice that touches them to let water run off a roof. But they are constant and gentle.

What do you think?