Usually I’m a big fan of snow in winter, it’s a rare thing to have this insulating protection last all winter here in SE Michigan. This winter however, we were into January before any significant amount of snow even arrived, to do the garden any good.
But this past week’s storm was a bit of a curve-ball. The rain that started to fall Tuesday evening was forecasted to change over to snow around 4:00 am Wednesday morning, but that transition didn’t start until 8:00 – 8:30, even then the snowflakes that did fall was rather small in size and heavy with water judging from the velocity they fell with.
The falling snow seemed to have sopped-up all of the water and transferred it to the snow that followed. The snow load just continued to build.Wednesday afternoon (after my second round of shoveling snow), I went around the garden to try and shake off the accumulated snow using my well-worn snow broom, alas by then the snow had frozen to all of the foliage.The overnight, single-digit cold didn’t help matters.Several deciduous trees had not escaped the same fate.On and on the snow came, thru Wednesday night and continued on for most of Thursday. Both Friday and Saturday mornings found more snow had fallen overnight. So for now least, nothing’s to be done…but to wait for the sun,To come and work it’s magic, and melt this all away.Here’s to the coming week of warmer weather!
P.S. Funny how most of the pendulous Conifers
seemed to handle this event,without a care,As if they were bred just for it!
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Just found your blog and had a great time. Thank you!