Some Alternatives

Snow on Saturday, about 3 inches.  The yard looks nice now.  Temps have stayed in the low twenties.

I found a possible alternative to building the mesh cones for protecting seedlings.

Purchase pre-made twig wreaths, then fasten them with long willow branches for triangular supports.  Found this on Pinterest, natch.

This could work?

The originals are British and cost about $30, too much, and they don't ship or deliver anyway (you have to pick them up in England!).  But I could make them with wreaths and willow branches, you think?