Never fails. I plan a trip & that is when the COLD comes in & gets my plants. We are to have 2 nites in the "20s" next week. I'll put the trash cans out & hopefully my cat sitter will plop those over a few plans for me. And I'll have to prepare myself for coming home to a brown lawn & nipped plants.
I have a few BIG sheets of cardboard & am hoping that can be plopped over the raised bed to protect the lettuce. I know it will all come back but it will be a bleak few months till then.