The Arctic air finally inched over the mountains and  into  my area  . I was relatively mild until this morning when I got down to 15F  . My Washy might have survived 15F but I see some other cold , like 14F possibly for Sunday morning  coming down , and I want to be on the safe side . So here is my protection scheme that takes about 2 men 2 hours to complete , and it gets harder every year as the palm keeps going skyward  . It's pretty self-explanatory but there are a few hints in the para