SANTA ROSA, California. – North Bay is bracing for a cold snap with temperatures expected to drop near freezing.

Parts of Marin, Napa and Sonoma counties were under a freeze warning from the National Weather Service Saturday from midnight to 8 a.m., prime time to protect the four Ps of winter. weather report safety: people, animals, plants and pipes.

For Jo Little, freezing temperatures are a harsh reality he’s not ready to face.

“I haven’t even thought about it yet,” Little said.

The 35-year-old told KTVU he had been homeless since February and had nowhere to go.

Small problems for his friend who uses a wheelchair and who is also outside in the cold.

“I’m going to try to help him and warm him up, make sure he has a blanket, and then go from there,” Little said.

The King’s Nursery team at Saint Rosefamily business since 1896, protects its most vulnerable plants when temperatures drop to thirty degrees, by bringing seedlings and potted plants indoors.

“Know your garden. Know your plants,” said Scott Goodman, King’s cold-weather care expert, who suggests spraying cool-growing citrus plants with a pine extract, like Wilt Stop, to add an extra layer.

“Double protection,” Goodman said. “Wilt Stop and antifreeze sheets are your first line of defense.”

The King’s team then covers the plants with frost sheets, a blanket of sorts, something that couldn’t be found at Bennett Valley Ace Hardware on Friday.

“Within two hours we sold out,” said Jesse Luis of Bennett Valley Ace Hardware.

“Every twenty minutes, someone comes (asks), ‘Do you have any frost blankets?’ No, we didn’t think it would happen this soon,” said Luis, who added that restocking could take several days.

Another popular product, pipe insulation, was in stock Friday, while at least one hardware store shopper welcomed climate change.

“It’s welcoming because it’s been really hot here lately,” said Brendan Taylor of Santa Rosa, who often works outdoors as an electrician. “I could use a few more clothes.”

The owners of Battaglini Estate Winery and a representative from the Sonoma County Farm Bureau told KTVU they did not expect the frost to threaten the local wine industry.

The grapes have already been harvested and they don’t expect other crops to be affected Sonoma County.