Thanks to the folks for their advise, I pulled my coveralls back on over my clean pajamas and headed back out to the barn for a bale of hay, to cover the tree cuttings that were planted the day before. We had a heavy frost, as expected with frost warnings still in effect as of 7:30 AM. You can still see the frost in this picture, between the rows with a patch or two on top of the trees cuttings. Picture taken at 8:00 AM.
Whether they root and survive the winter is anyone's guess but I dug up two of each kind and put them in pots in the house. Crossing fingers that some make it through the winter, indoors or out.
Another suggestion I will follow through on, was to build wooden long houses, tee pee'd over them and to fill them with hay. As pallets are my best friends, that's what I'll use. Thank you everyone, for your help.
Whether they root and survive the winter is anyone's guess but I dug up two of each kind and put them in pots in the house. Crossing fingers that some make it through the winter, indoors or out.
Another suggestion I will follow through on, was to build wooden long houses, tee pee'd over them and to fill them with hay. As pallets are my best friends, that's what I'll use. Thank you everyone, for your help.