Updated: Early Freeze May Hit Fridley

Updated below. Fridley along with the rest of central and southern Minnesota is under a freeze warning from midnight Wednesday through 8 a.m. Thursday.

The National Weather Service said Wednesday afternoon that plants left outdoors could suffer if left uncovered.

Here is the NWS prediction:

Strong Canadian high pressure will settle over the area tonight, bringing a combination of light wind, a clear sky and well below normal temperatures. A widespread freeze appears likely with low temperatures in most locations between 25 and 30 degrees.  Sensitive outdoor plants will be impacted tonight if left uncovered.

, who blogs as the Fridley Farmer, said Wednesday he is trying to figure out how he'll deal with the frost:

Exact details might change, but here's the plan at the moment:

1) Harvest everything that's edible, even if it's not totally mature.

Some of my corn is good, but could mature more, my serrano peppers are hot and delicious but would be better if they could turn red, and I have a lot of orange tomatoes that I would have rather let vine ripen. All of that will come in. Beans that would have been left to mature and turn into dry beans will instead be eaten as green beans.

2) Cover as much as I can, with priority on the tomatoes and squash.

My garden runs around my yard, so covering it all would be inconvenient, so I'll cover the plants that have the most fruit on them -- mainly the mortgage lifter tomatoes which have lots of large green fruits on them. I'll cover one or two of the pumpkin plants, but they require a lot of tarp for the number of fruits I would save

3) Hope for the best and cross my fingers :-)

Update (Wednesday, 9 p.m.): How does Betty Ann Addison of Fridley's   approach an imminent freeze? By email, she said: 

Not to worry.  A few tropicals get brought into the porch, but perennials don't care.