Samhain New (Thanksgiving) Moon
A quiet, wet night with the temperature already at 33. A snow storm is in the prediction for tomorrow night. We’re ready for it and I’d like to see it. It would tamp down the leaves we used for mulch, help them stay in place.
Early snow cover, though this would not be it, serves as good a purpose as mulch for keeping the ground cold. Yes, paradoxical as it seems, that nice blanket of leaves or straw or a snow mound works to prevent frost heaves in the often violent temperature shifts as winter ends. Those shifts can literally uproot plants, destroy just begun growth. So, you want to keep the bed cold and let it thaw out gradually.
