THE POWER OF THE PLANT

In my somewhat (many) years on this planet I have yet to experience a winter such as the one that we are currently enduring here in the northeast. Snow, snow and then some more snow mixed with rain that eventually turns into snow is the weather pattern of the season. This might have been exciting had I been a 10 year old boy who (would be) looking forward to school closures, but alas I am not and in fact my place of business has not offered one stinkin' snow-day. With that said I have a few worries regarding my established yet still young shrubs and trees. Some are absolutely covered in mounds of white while others are bending to the weight of the now icy snow mixture. Luckily tomorrow will warm up with temperatures projected in the 50s and plenty of rain, hopefully enough to wash away most of the lingering mounds of snow. My only hope is that the root systems have established themselves enough to keep my young little plants holding on just long enough to endure a few more wee...

Winter 2014 in the North East has been a tad been daunting in this year. While single digit temperatures and snowstorm after snowstorm have reeked havoc on my skin, all of my plants and shrubs seem to have endured thus far. My primary concern has been my thujas which are two years old and growing rapidly along my fence line. Snapping, breaking and bending from the weight of heavy snow and ice can ruin and/or kill them. So far so good. Just waiting this weather out for one more month and we will be in the clear!