[yummy]

I planted broad beans and onion sets last weekend (first things planted on my plot by me ever). Now I hear snow is on the way.

Do I need to cover them up?

They are in a raised bed 5m x 3m and I tried to cover them with fleece earlier but it was really windy and no number of bricks kept it in place.

[WG.]

They'll be snug and warm under the surface

[muntjac]

They'll be snug and warm under the surface

but if your worried tuck em under some fleece  

[milkman]

I wouldn't bother - it's unlikely to settle... (famous last words of Michael Fish   )

[yummy]

They'll be snug and warm under the surface

but if your worried tuck em under some fleece  

The fleece just blows off and if the snow settles on the top won't it weigh it down til the fleece touches the ground?  I thought that would make the fleece kind of pointless? Or perhaps I'm wrong?

Is a layer of fleece useful even if there is snow on top of it and the fleece is in contact with the ground?

[DD.]

They'll be snug and warm under the surface

but if your worried tuck em under some fleece  

The fleece just blows off and if the snow settles on the top won't it weigh it down til the fleece touches the ground?  I thought that would make the fleece kind of pointless? Or perhaps I'm wrong?

Is a layer of fleece useful even if there is snow on top of it and the fleece is in contact with the ground?

Soft snow is not a problem, it acts as a blanket, if anything. Hard frost on the other hand................

[Annie]

I would agree it`s the cold wind and frost that will do the damage.

[WG.]

I tried to cover them with fleece earlier but it was really windy and no number of bricks kept it in place.

Laying fleece in a Force 10 gale is easy if you start at the windy end.  A brick every 2 feet will stop the wind getting under it.  Then work your way down the sides towards the leeward end.

[yummy]

ok thanks. Will go down and pop fleece on then with even more bricks this time.

[WG.]

ok thanks. Will go down and pop fleece on then with even more bricks this time.

I wouldn't bother unless they have actually surfaced.  I was just explaining how to lay fleece.  

[yummy]

ok thanks. Will go down and pop fleece on then with even more bricks this time.

I wouldn't bother unless they have actually surfaced.  I was just explaining how to lay fleece.  

Oh ok    will fleece my tiny strawberries cos they only went in last weekend too ( thinnings from plot next door)

[WG.]

will fleece my tiny strawberries cos they only went in last weekend too ( thinnings from plot next door)

Yup, they'll appreciate it more.  Betya it is calm when you do it!  

[Jim T]

They'll be snug and warm under the surface

But why are broad beans OK now but for pole beans it is  far far far far far far far too early :?:

[muntjac]

They'll be snug and warm under the surface

but if your worried tuck em under some fleece  

The fleece just blows off and if the snow settles on the top won't it weigh it down til the fleece touches the ground?  I thought that would make the fleece kind of pointless? Or perhaps I'm wrong?

Is a layer of fleece useful even if there is snow on top of it and the fleece is in contact with the ground?

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ok let me add this bit sory for any misunderstanding. when i said tuck em under some fleece i didnt think to add with a frame to keep the fleece of the ground like a cloche . the snow will fall on the fleece and form a thermal blanket .the temperature under the fleece will stay a fraction above the outside temp if heavy snow falls and prevent the ice forming in the soils surface