Comments on: Snow is good for dormant plants

By: Rich Young

Rich Young — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:36:13 +0000

Hi Kathy, love your snow pictures. Here in Colorado Springs our snow generally does not stay on the ground very long because the sun comes out and melts it. We just love it when it does snow though, because we love our mositure. We are considered a semi-arid zone.

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By: LINDA FROM EACH LITTLE WORLD

LINDA FROM EACH LITTLE WORLD — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:50:51 +0000

Kathy — I so agree about being glad to see that first good snowcover. We are about to break our Dec. snowfall record so I am getting a little tired of it. But, having lived through winters with no snow and freezing temps, this is preferable. Ellen H. was in Madison this fall and we got to see her great images of plants in the wilds of S. Africa!

By: Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker"

Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:21:58 +0000

Keep educating me Kathy!
Shirley

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:36:28 +0000

We have a nice blanket of snow too, about 18″ so far. My plants really enjoy it, I just have to shovel some onto the plants under the eaves….but it helps me push one zone at least, sometimes two.

By: Bloomin' Blogger

Bloomin' Blogger — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:26:37 +0000

And now, under the snow that has fallen recently in the garden I have a layer of fertilizer just waiting for the spring thaw. More at my new blog. In the years when there was little snow cover the plants really suffered wind burn. Looking forward to spring.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:35:22 +0000

Sue, I think we all get behind in blog reading this time of year. Thanks for thinking of me!

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:22:35 +0000

I was just starting to sort laundry, when I came across my book, Cold Climate Gardening, and it made me think of you, and I couldn’t remember if I’d been keeping up with your posts. I had gotten behind in all my blog reading, and I’m not caught up yet.

Merry Christmas!
Sue

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:29:09 +0000

There are no snow blankets in Austin, Kathy, as we rocket between near eighties and frost with tearing winds.
But your lovely photos and words remind me how grateful I was when snow covered the Illinois garden before a dip into minus degrees Fahrenheit.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

By: Sweet Bay

Sweet Bay — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:49:12 +0000

What beautiful snowy scenes!