Hello - you may remember that the weather played quite a starring role in many of the blog entries of 2009 - and it looks like it is rolling on into 2010!As the picture of the tree sales area shows, Crown Nursery remains firmly under a covering of snow - I suppose we have about 4-6 inches - yes, I know that other parts of the country have a lot, lot more - but it is causing us a considerable headache - even if it does look so pretty!
We have to keep a regular eye on the irrigation pipes around the nursery - the ice tends to get inside and can cause significant damage to solenoids and the like if it expands too fast.
The evergreens in particular are taking a real bashing in this weather - the snow must have fallen on some very wet branches - which have then frozen - meaning that there is a considerable weight on their tops.
Several brave members of the nursery staff have been out 'shrub-bashing' to prevent these evergreens losing their attractive shapes - and stopping the branches snapping with the weight of snow.
The deciduous shrubs do come into their own in that sense - and you can almost hear them laughing at their evergreen colleagues groaning under the weight of snow.
I could not resist putting in this pic of EUONYMUS ALATUS 'COMPACTUS' - it just looks so wonderful!
It is a great time to get out into your garden with a camera - and record this event - it may be years before we see another winter like this - and there is not much else you can do - so take those snaps - it is another moment of history - make yourself a part of it!!
UNTIL NEXT TIME - STAY WARM!!
RICHARD
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