How do I protect my plants from the snow?

[Esther Knapicius]

If you buy the plants for the zone your in, and plant them correctly, the amount of snow on them will not hurt them at all. They say to mulch----I have one garden---I never mulch in----after each winter they just flourish in like crazy, in fact after the winter where it snowed 45 inches, all was piled high everywhere, that spring that garden EXPLODED.. Worrying about snow on my plants is never a worry to me. Come to think abut it, most of my gardens I don't go crazy with the mulch, as I have some re-seeders, that come up in the spring, yes and after the huge snow. Buying and planting the plant for your zone or colder is the trick.

Our problems lie when it rains and then we have this quick cold and the rain turns into ice, and the ice weights down the branches of some trees, and that breaks the limbs. For the ordinary trees, I don't much care. but one winter the ice played havoc on my pretty cherry tree, who still today has not reformed back to a more visual chap.

 

[Pat]

Now that it is getting cooler outside I am seeing more spiders in the house. The need is not to protect the plants from the snow as much as it is to protect the plants from the lower temperatures. If the plant is in a pot I will bring it into the house but the plants I have outside will have to adapt on their own.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

My indoor plants, not of my zone, were brought in two days before Halloween. that is done. Everything else outside is just fine without me.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

It is not protection from snow, but protection from roots freezing, that is important. If there is a really hard frost a good covering of snow can actually insulate the ground. Think of it as a nice extra layer to all those nice mulches and dead leaves you add.
Trees ,of course, sometimes suffer from the weight of snow on their branches, don't stand where it can fall on you and poke it with a broom

 

[Jamesgarner]

Make sure to secure the burlap so it doesn’t blow away in the wind. And be careful not to tie it too tightly, as this can damage the plant.

Keep salt-laced snow out https://www.gardening-forums.com/threads/how-do-i-protect-my-plants-from-the-snow.6188/
When shoveling sidewalks and driveways, be careful not to spread salt-laced snow into your garden. Salt can damage plants, so it’s best to keep it out of the garden if possible.