Blanket of Snow

Since it's warm enough that the snow is pretty much sublimating directly into vapor, I went out to assess the newly-visible garden today and found that, to my everlasting amazement, the thyme, the strawberry, and the parsley are all still alive!

Oh, I knew intellectually that snow is an insulator, but it's one thing to know something and another to see it. It was a record-breakingly freezing winter this year, and when you stepped outside it felt like nothing could survive out there.* And since snow is cold and wet, I remain skeptical about its ability to keep anything warm no matter HOW many times I go through the science.

But once again, Science shows me what's what. Gardening: teaching you practical Science since the dawn of horticulture.


*Not Californians, that's for sure.