Helping the Landscape Survive a Harsh Winter
Just as the harsh winter weather dries our hands and chaps our lips, it tends to also stress our landscape, especially the evergreen trees and shrubs. When it has been particularly dry and frozen, water your trees and shrubs every week during the thawed periods when the water will soak into the soil.
The snowy scene captured here is from McConnell's Mill State Park and shows one of the icy cliffs that are common in the Slippery Rock Creek gorge. The native plants shown here are better adapted to winter survival than those we use for landscaping.