Snow Can Play Helpful Role in Garden Soil Enrichment & Root Insulation

Snow Can Play Helpful Role in Garden Soil Enrichment & Root Insulation

ASHLAND, Va. — Beneath the ice-glazed blanket of snow testing Virginians’ patience is the promise of a verdant spring. While frozen conditions disrupt life on the street level, plants and grasses are insulated from extreme cold as slow-melting snow provides steady moisture and atmospheric nutrients. Depending on conditions, soil-enriching elements like nitrogen and phosphorus attach to snowflakes falling through the atmosphere, explained Scot Fe…