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Thanks to all who participated; your answers are posted below in the Responses section.
Can anyone guess what the picture is all about?
City folks say hill country makes for some strange customs. City folks have a lot to learn, especially about — ??? (Well, that’s what this riddle is all about.) It was hard, fast work in the late evening chill but only necessary overnight. It was very unusual for this to be needed but this year it was.
Clue: The results will be blue and will make Big Papa glad.
I would say your ghostly images are actually blankets tied around something you want to protect from frost. Lets see… you said something blue… Are those blueberry bushes under there?
I think the picture depicts blueberry plants being covered so the frost wouldn’t kill them.
Protecting blueberry bushes from a frost
Covering blueberry plants to protect from freezing temperatures.
Blueberries?
Covering blueberry bushes due to weather conditions
Cover the blueberries so they won’t get frozen
overnight. When was this? Blueberries ripen in the
heat of the summer, so this would be very unusual!
preparing blueberries for a late frost
Covering Blueberries bushes due to late frost.
Hi I’m from Canada, and very familiar with covering plants up from frost. I’m going to guess that you are covering up blueberry bushes. Although they look more like a cane of some sort. Final answer, covering up blueberries from frost.
Looks like y’all had an overnight chill and needed to protect some plants from it. Since the results will be blue, I’d guess they are blueberry bushes.
You guys are protecting plants from frost.
You are protecting your plants from a late frost.
You covered your blueberries so they wouldn’t get frosted.
Tennesse is having a sudden drop in tempature and if they were covered before sun down they would be able to be protected, especially the color, becuase frost can start building up after dark. (http://www.wate.com/story/16910095/plants-need-care-for-cold-weekend-weather-in-east-tennessee).
I’m thinking they are blueberry plants, and they will be great for Big Papa’s Berry Herbal Brew, or the like.
Blueberry trees protected from a late frost!
You have covered fruit trees with bed sheets and blankets to keep them from freezing. My guess is possibly blueberry or plum trees.
Perhaps preparing the bushes for blueberries – protecting them from predators and the cold frosts
Protecting berry bushes from a frost?
blueberries
protecting blueberry bushes from frost
We guess blueberries…. Needing to be covered because you had a frost.
You covered some sort of plant to protect them from frost.
Not an expert gardener, but my guess is Frost!
Blueberry bushes covered bcoz of frost..
My guess is covering blueberries from frost or night predators.
You had to cover your blueberry bushes because it was going to frost!
looks like it was covering plants for the freeze that was on its way and covering up well pump.
Covering the blueberry bushes so the frost doesn’t kill the blueberries!
Covering your blueberry bushes to protect against frost?
Covering Blueberry Bushes to keep them safe from frost overnight?
Well, as a born and raised city slicker I can’t be sure, but are you preparing blueberries for a late frost?
You are covering your blueberry blossoms. was there a late frost?
It must be blueberry plants that you are protecting to add to my first response!
is the answer “frost”? Protecting your plants from “frost”. We always have to cover something in the fall from frost.
you are covering blueberry plants from frost! :0)
You covered the blueberry bushes from frost?
Meant to add that it was probably blueberries you were covering.
Did you have a really late frost and need to cover the plants?
You are covering your plants/flowers so the frost does not kill them overnight