If you don't like the weather...

...just wait a few hours. Last night the temperatures hovered around 20 degrees. Yes, we got a frost. Knowing that this was a probable, I covered the four zone 7, ornamental grasses that I dared to plant early. They are really annuals for this area, as we are in zone 4. In the fall I plan to remove them from the garden and winter them over in the house. They are worth the trouble, as they are really lovely. Two are Cymbopogon citratus, Lemon Grass and two are Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'. They are not very special to look at now, the Lemon Grass is just a wide blade yellow green grass, but in the late summer and early autumn it will obtain greater height and hues of red, orange and gold. Fireworks true to her name will blast into reds, deep greens and golds. Photos will be more impressive later in the season. And true to form the weather changed and it was in the 70's today. We had an early evening visitor last night. I remove the suet, seed feeders and peanuts every night because I don't want to attract nocturnal visitors. Bears, raccoon, skunks etc. will seek out free meals that I would rather save for the birds, especially since the latter don't eat like birds.