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From my "one lives in hope" category, I started to dig up notes from crops courses from decades gone by. There may be reason for hope. Wheat's growing point until the 5 or 6 leaf stage is actually still below ground. So even if frost kills what is above ground it will produce new growth once it warms up. Peas are amazingly tolerant to cold temperatures, much more so than wheat as there are multiple growing points, not all of which are active. To start with they are shielded between pairs of leaves it seems, and if one get killed, an alternate one is activated. Great job Mother Nature! When I shoveled off the deck and sidewalk I also was able to observe how there was almost slush/water in contact with the ground under all that snow so it does appear that the insulating properties of snow are not to be taken lightly for little plants under a blanket of the white stuff.Deep snow in the yard though. Even had one of the hubs covered in ice and I had to gently chip away with a hammer before I could lock the hub in for 4 wheel drive. And I was smart enough to roll forward a few feet, back up and repeat to break a trail. But it became clear that even a foot or more of deep wet snow was not going to be a problem and so i just backed up, took a gentle run and zipped onto the driveway and my gf was good to go.........Please or please take this to Ft McMurray too!!!
From my "one lives in hope" category, I started to dig up notes from crops courses from decades gone by. There may be reason for hope. Wheat's growing point until the 5 or 6 leaf stage is actually still below ground. So even if frost kills what is above ground it will produce new growth once it warms up. Peas are amazingly tolerant to cold temperatures, much more so than wheat as there are multiple growing points, not all of which are active. To start with they are shielded between pairs of leaves it seems, and if one get killed, an alternate one is activated. Great job Mother Nature! When I shoveled off the deck and sidewalk I also was able to observe how there was almost slush/water in contact with the ground under all that snow so it does appear that the insulating properties of snow are not to be taken lightly for little plants under a blanket of the white stuff.
Deep snow in the yard though. Even had one of the hubs covered in ice and I had to gently chip away with a hammer before I could lock the hub in for 4 wheel drive. And I was smart enough to roll forward a few feet, back up and repeat to break a trail. But it became clear that even a foot or more of deep wet snow was not going to be a problem and so i just backed up, took a gentle run and zipped onto the driveway and my gf was good to go.........
Please or please take this to Ft McMurray too!!!
