How Snow Can Benefit Your Garden

It might come as a huge surprise, but in certain instances snow can be more friend than foe to your garden.  Though upon initially hearing this, it might sound incorrect, but alas it is not. Quirky yes, but fallacy no.

For those who live in areas where winter means the fall of blankets of snow on the garden floor, you are in luck. This layer of snow is actually referred to as the poor man’s mulch, and can do a garden good. The layer of snow helps to create a form of insulation that protects plants that lie below.

If you have never heard of this before, it might sound odd, but here is the reality of it. While anything that remains exposed above the winter snow blanket has the misfortune of potentially being battered with below zero temperatures, anything in the ground below will exist in a temperature bubble that will stay around thirty two degrees. Still chilly, but it could be your garden’s salvation.

Just one of those endearing quirks of Mother Nature that we love. Unfortunately, this scenario does not apply to everyone’s locale.