In some ways raised beds are warmer (although more exposed) that furrows
into which cold air sinks and freezes and stays frozen longe. Experiments
have shown this over and over It's counter intuitive re the idea of
protecting plants from wind but compromises are possible,. At least two
sets
of factors operate, one being wind direction.

----- Original Message -----
From: <totototo@telus.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Late fall in Maryland

On 13 Dec 2009, at 13:48, Jim McKenney wrote:

Well, here in Victoria, things have not been too bad.

For comparison, last December we had two or three nights of truly
unseasonable
cold when it got down to -12C, whereas this year we had six nights or so
where
it got down to -6C, no worse. And in February 1989 we had a month-long
cold
spell sufficient to freeze the soil a good foot deep.

What's been more unusual is the rainfall which has been much greater this
year;
usually our really wet weather waits for January-February. As I said in a
posting a few days ago, if we have losses of bulbs, the wet weather
preceding
the cold spell will be partly to blame.

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