teosinte tent

there is talk of frost tonight...and on a few nights to come, interspersed with frost free nights to complicate matters...this disturbs me in teosinte terms...

i am trying to get as many of these green ears to produce viable seed as i can...so...

so i lashed some bamboos together with twine...

and wrapped a turn of landscaping fabric around the top and closed the gap with clothespins...

another turn of fabric below but overlapping the first and the "teosinte tent " ( so dubbed by a close friend ) was complete...i only covered half of the plants...because of material issues and as a sort of control to see if frost bitten plants will actually produce viable seed..if so frost protection becomes superfluous and a waste of time, energy,and materials...data collection for next season.