Although the plants may be well mulched, if ice sits on them, it will set them back terribly and possibly kill them. Here's an easy solution to protect your plants from such damage.
Use buckets of any kind and turn them upside down over the plants. Drywall buckets work great because of their size but any buckets will do as long as they cover the plant. I utilize anything at hand, such as mop buckets and plant containers, as long as they don't have drain holes in them. If it were simply to be freezing temperatures, then drain holes would not make that much difference as you would still hold in enough ground heat to protect the plants. However, in this case, we're looking at ice, freezing rain, and sleet, which could drip down onto your plants through the drain holes. You can plug the drain holes with paper or form tin foil over the bottom of the bucket to keep frozen precipitation out. The buckets will also hold in ground heat so your plants don't suffer too much of a setback. If strong winds are predicted, place a rock or brick on the bucket to keep it from blowing off.
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