Thought this Lyme story would interest you. A couple years old, but I had never read about that before. Would debunk the conspiracy theories.
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/15651/
I'm contemplating covering the tiger lilies. They're probably already a foot tall near the house right now. I really don't wanna look at frost burnt lily tips all summer. Thank goodness almost everything is slow to bud this spring.
MET is 17F which would still be the coldest ever for so late in the season. Something tells me it doesn't fully decouple though...especially here. CON is always a wildcard in marginal situations.