Comments on: Garden snow – blanket or shroud? http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/garden-snow-blanket-or-shroud/ Making a little time grow a long way Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The StopWatch Gardener http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/garden-snow-blanket-or-shroud/comment-page-1/#comment-126 The StopWatch Gardener Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:05:35 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=472#comment-126 Lisa, Deborah, Karen, thank you for your comments. I've just discovered a great post on the Daily Mail which goes into a lot more detail than mine does! Worth reading if you haven't seen it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-1243168/MONTY-DON-Why-snow-cold-comfort-garden.html Lisa, Deborah, Karen, thank you for your comments. I’ve just discovered a great post on the Daily Mail which goes into a lot more detail than mine does! Worth reading if you haven’t seen it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-1243168/MONTY-DON-Why-snow-cold-comfort-garden.html

]]> By: LisaG http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/garden-snow-blanket-or-shroud/comment-page-1/#comment-125 LisaG Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:59:15 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=472#comment-125 I think we gardeners, no matter how seasoned or acclimated, fear the "unknown" under the snow mounds. The joy lies in seeing Spring come forth out from under the blankets...for me that's what makes winter so bearable...the end of it! I think we gardeners, no matter how seasoned or acclimated, fear the “unknown” under the snow mounds. The joy lies in seeing Spring come forth out from under the blankets…for me that’s what makes winter so bearable…the end of it!

]]> By: Deborah at Kilbourne Grove http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/garden-snow-blanket-or-shroud/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Deborah at Kilbourne Grove Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:27:34 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=472#comment-124 Snow is an amazing insulator, I think that anything that is buried under it will be very happy, however later to flower. Hopefully, any trees/shrubs above the snowline will be fine as well! Snow is an amazing insulator, I think that anything that is buried under it will be very happy, however later to flower. Hopefully, any trees/shrubs above the snowline will be fine as well!

]]> By: Karen - An Artist's Garden http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/garden-snow-blanket-or-shroud/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Karen - An Artist's Garden Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:11:29 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=472#comment-123 I have a secret worry that I will have no garden in the Spring and this extra cold winter will have managed to kill everything! A delightful post, thank you K I have a secret worry that I will have no garden in the Spring and this extra cold winter will have managed to kill everything!

A delightful post, thank you
K

]]> By: Jean http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/garden-snow-blanket-or-shroud/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Jean Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:23:48 +0000 http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/?p=472#comment-122 Sheila, Wow! You have more snow in Scotland than we do in Maine. Just today I was starting to think about a post on the effects of snow in the garden, so this was very timely for me. Sheila, Wow! You have more snow in Scotland than we do in Maine. Just today I was starting to think about a post on the effects of snow in the garden, so this was very timely for me.

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