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Dear Heloise: I read your hint about covering outdoor plants during the cold winter weather. I live outside of Houston and wanted to protect my husband's impatiens during the Arctic blast of 2021.

I first covered the plants with any cardboard boxes that I had, then covered the boxes with a blanket or towels. I then covered the boxes with tarps from my hurricane emergency supplies. The improvised greenhouses worked, and I was pleased to see lots of green — and even flowers — when I uncovered the plants. –— Mary F., Sugar Land, Texas

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