NORTH CAROLINA -- News 14 Carolina meteorologists are forecasting a possible light frost Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. This is about one week later than the average last frost of the season.

The frost could cause trouble for gardeners who have already planted their spring greenery.

“Some of the easiest way is just to cover it with simple materials around the house,” said Jim Roberts, co-owner of Norwood Road Garden in Raleigh. “Take newspaper and make a little teepee out of it and just put that down over the top and cover the little wings with mulch or soil so it doesn't blow away.”

Roberts suggests you can also use pots, cardboard boxes, or bed sheets to cover plants.

“What you want to do is try not to have any of the material touching the leaves so they have the chance to breathe,” he explained.

But gardening experts warn that you should only use certain types of materials to cover your plants.

“The worst possible thing you can do to any plant is put a tarp on it,” Roberts continued. “Plastic you do not put on any of the plants because it will definitely burn them.”

Gardeners aren't the only ones worried about a possible frost. North Carolina's strawberry crop is blooming early this year, which means farmers will work through the night Tuesday to fight off the frost.

Farmers spray water on their strawberry fields before a possible frost, so if the temperature drops, water freezes around the crop to protect it.

“It produces a covering around the fruit, around the blossoms,” explained Kevin Hardison, Agricultural Marketing Specialist with the NC Department of Agriculture. “It freezes around it, therefore keeping the generated heat from the blossoms within the covering, so you're freezing the air around the blossoms. You're not actually freezing the blossoms or the fruit.”

Stay tuned to News 14 Carolina’s Weather on the Ones to keep an eye on how cold it’s going to get.