On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:11:20 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/7/2018 7:47 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 07 Mar 2018 03:25:50p, jmcquown told us...
>>
>>> The temps are lovely, in the 60's and it's not windy like it has
>>> been the last few days. So I've lit the coals in the Weber kettle
>>> grill. I'll be grilling hot Italian sausage links and corn on the
>>> cob.
>>>
>>> I adore grilled corn on the cob. I always soak the ears in a deep
>>> pot of cold water for at least an hour ahead of time so the husks
>>> don't char too badly.
>>>
>>> OT: I thought for sure the snow in January had killed off this
>>> lovely azalea bush. Guess not!
>>>
>>> https://s13.postimg.org/jp8tcms4n/white.jpg
>>>
>>> There used to be three of them in a row. The other two were
>>> severely damaged, first in Hurricane Matthew and then Irma
>>> finished them off last year. This is one tough and pretty plant.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>
>> I love azaleas. My parents had them all along one side of the house
>> when we lived in Cleveland. They covered them with burlap during the
>> winter.
>>
>I can imagine that would be necessary in Ohio. I see lots of bushes
>covered with burlap in the winter but usually it's not necessary down here.
>
>Jill

The only reason my azaleas are fenced is to protect them from famished
deer but cold doesn't bother azaleas, they can easily withstand -40ºF.
A heavy snow will sometimes break off some weak branches but I chalk
that up to saving me from having to prune... and the snow is much
better at choosing the weak branches. Some people here cover shrubs
with burlap but only for one winter as they learn that's a big mistake
as then a heavy snow will annialate the entire shrub. I learned that
when I netted my strawberry patch and neglected to remove the netting
before winter arrived... once the snow began to stick to the netting
and closed off the openings the party was over, even bent the steel
posts to the ground. The berry plants survived as did the netting,
but my labor of hammering in all the 8' posts and fitting the netting
was for nought. I gave up on berries... nylon netting from Lee Valley
is very strong but that didn't prevent crows from chomping holes in
the woven nylon until they could get to the berries... those big black
*******s are very persistant.