Two nights ago we had 3" of wet heavy snow when I woke up the next morning. Our temps are ranging about 10 degrees below normal here in VT. for this time of year. I also saw many woolly caterpillars( red and black furry creepy crawlies) while blowing leaves and mulching my garden in the past 3 weeks, a sure sign of a very cold and snowy winter (so says the 'Farmer's Almanac'). So when I read, Char, you were still planting dl's 4 days ago, I gulped. To be on the safer side of our zone 4 short season, I never plant anything after the second week in September. I planted 6 new dl's in the beginning of September, mulched the heck out of them, but still worry that they had enough time to establish a strong enough root system. The irony of the weather here is that because we had such a warm couple of weeks in Oct, I still had dl's with rebloom scapes with buds only a week ago. Moral of this story in Vermont, is just 'wait 5 minutes' and watch the weather change dramatically! Hence, the snow and below freezing temps recently.
Welcome, Pirl
