RE: Re: weather

Donna, the good news right now is that the ice under the snow on your plants
is a good insulator.  The wind-chills will have much less effect on the
plants blanketed by ice AND snow cover.  Now the cold we got BEFORE the
"insulating blanket" is another matter.  I'm sure I've lost a few of my less
hardy items despite heavy mulching.  Of such is life.  I'll have to think of
something new to plant where I've lost some things this spring.  

Stay warm and dry all my fellow "snowed-in" gardening friends!

Blessings,

Bonnie

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna 
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:22 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: weather

Well Kitty, it really drifted a lot here. Some places you can see the
grass, others... are almost as tall as me. I plan on loosing a bunch of
plants this winter. Had too much cold and not enough snow. Even this
snow storm started with rain, then ice, then snow. Plants gotta be wet
and shivering under that snow. It has now turned bitterly windy and
freezing cold out there. Even my dog, who loved the snow all day,
decided it is now to cold to stay out there and hurried up to take care
of business and get back in the house.

Donna


> Looks like you could use a little snow.  Heck I can see the bottom of
the
> base of your birdbath, so it can't be all that deep.  As to temps and
> snow,
> it seems to me the temp always rises before precipitation.  Then if
rises
> more still, the snow melts.  If it plummets after dropping the white
stuff
> it stays.  It usually rises a bit here, enough to melt most of it off
and
> then plummets so it's terribly cold with no snowcover to insulate the
> plants.
> 
> Kitty

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