Cold again, someone call a plumber

Well it looks like tonight will be a busy one.  First I need to once again do the best I can to cover the landscape to protect it from some very cold air, which in our area could be hovering right around the freezing mark.  That is cold enough to cause all sorts of carnage in the yard.  I’m already writing off the banana trees which will once again brown, die off and reemerge in a few weeks.  The areca palms are another annoying casualty when it gets this cold.  Their outer fronds will all die and turn brown, requiring a labor intensive clean up afterward.  My main concern is the garden and the plants along the pool.  Hopefully I can get frost cloth over everything.

Of course we will be doing our best to protect the chickens from the cold as well.  The ramp being up and covering the coop in old comforters hopefully will keep the chicks ok.  The chickens provide their own insulation when the temps get cold by piling on top of each other.

Now of course complaining about temps around 32 degrees seems ridiculous to my friends/family that live in the northeast where the highs for the day barely reach double digits along with snow storms that seem to be one after the other.   Thankfully this cold streak will be short lived.  By Sunday the forecast high is all the way back up into the low 80’s.

The other task for tonight will be pulling off the reverse osmosis faucet.  It has developed some sort of leak that needs to be addressed.  My futzing around with it this morning actually caused a drip under the sink as well.  Working on it is going to be a pain in the ass because of the deep tub sink we have in the kitchen island.  I have limited space to work and limited plumbing expertise to back it up.  The RO system uses those pressure/push fittings instead of good old fashioned brass fixtures with nuts.  I find these pressure fittings problematic if you ever have to touch them once they are installed.