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Snow is a mixed blessing in the garden. Fluffy and light, freshly fallen snow is an excellent insulator. Its millions of tiny air pockets hold warmth in the soil around snow covi-ered plants. When frigid weather comes after a heavy snowfall, the snow cover may save many plants of borderline hardiness. A thick covering of snow can protect plants from drying wind. In your vegetable garden, snow provtects overwintering spinach plants while keeping the soil from freezing too hard for digging the last of your parsnips. Deep snows also replenish ,.;the subsoil moisture reserves, provided it melts slowly enough to seep ,.,in rather than run off. On the aesthetic side, snow cremates an attractive scene when it n accumulates on and around evert^.greens. Nandina, holly and other ^fruiting plants are especially colorful ,.,against a white background. Snow can also cause its share of problems for the gardener. Rodents ^-feeding beneath the snow can girdle j fruits and other woody plants by ..^hewing off their bark at ground TJevel. Moles will continue burrowing c, jn search of insects, as voles dine on yyour tulip bulbs, strawberry plants, l>;apple trees, and azaleas.
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