Last month’s extreme cold snap drove frost deeper into the ground than usual. This is expected to drastically reduce the number of white grub and crane fly larvae lurking there. Numerous other overwintering garden pests will suffer similar fates
Toronto damsels were reported in distress. They had never, they claimed, experienced such frigid knights. Horticulturally, however, there is a brighter side. Last month’s extreme cold snap drove frost deeper into the ground than usual. This is expected to drastically reduce the number of white grub and crane fly larvae lurking there. Numerous other overwintering garden pests will suffer similar fates. Meanwhile the persistent snow cover has been insulating perennial planting from the worst of the winds inflicting bone-chilling wind chills of -40ºC and less. It is, to coin a phrase, an ill wind that blows gardeners no good.
