Potatonah

Thank you for the replies! That idea with the trash bin is actually pretty ingenious and would probably offer enough protection for the plant by trapping some radiant heat from soil and blocking the cool wind. My area is indeed subtropical. I’ve only lived here for two winters, and the coldest it ever got was one or two nights a year that dipped into the mid twenties in the early morning hours. But even then it warms back up to the 50s during the daytime so none of my garden is not exposed to freezing temperatures for more than a few hours.