Prepare your garden for upcoming cold weather With cooler temperatures expected on Tuesday morning, protecting plants from frost bite has become a big agenda for most gardeners. (Source: BreannaHarris/kfvs) By Breanna Harris | April 19, 2021 at 5:01 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 5:01 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - If you already planted, you may want to take some extra steps to protect them in the next few days. “Around here we always like to tell people you know don’t do any planting just to be safe. That last frost, I think they say April 15, obviously it’s come much later this year.”