Comments on: Snow Blanketed Perennial Beds http://www.greatgardeninggifts.com/3887/snow-blanketed-perennial-beds/ FUNctional Ideas For Your Garden and Gifts Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jeff-nhn http://www.greatgardeninggifts.com/3887/snow-blanketed-perennial-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-556 jeff-nhn Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:39:54 +0000 http://www.greatgardeninggifts.com/?p=3887#comment-556 I also live in the Midwest and have 24" of snow on the ground. Thankfully the temperatures are warming and some of the snow drifts (10' high) are starting to settle. The snow does provide protection from cold winds and is a great insulator. When we put potted plants to sleep for the winter we lay them on their side cover them with straw and let Mother Nature provide the insulating blanket of snow. The other great aspect of snow is the moisture that will slowly seeping into your perennial beds as spring arrives. So while I concur that all this snow provides benefits for our perennials I must admit that as I get older I just don't like winter as much as I used to. Just takes a little more patience on my part when shoveling all the snow we received this winter so far. I also live in the Midwest and have 24″ of snow on the ground. Thankfully the temperatures are warming and some of the snow drifts (10′ high) are starting to settle. The snow does provide protection from cold winds and is a great insulator. When we put potted plants to sleep for the winter we lay them on their side cover them with straw and let Mother Nature provide the insulating blanket of snow. The other great aspect of snow is the moisture that will slowly seeping into your perennial beds as spring arrives.

So while I concur that all this snow provides benefits for our perennials I must admit that as I get older I just don’t like winter as much as I used to. Just takes a little more patience on my part when shoveling all the snow we received this winter so far.

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