I do have some idea @herbaceous, I fell through a hole in floorboards in an empty house we'd bought just the week before and fractured my spine. Spent the first six months in our new house with its lovely, big, empty garden strapped into a full body Kevlar jacket.
I was lucky though, recovered well and have happily spent the last 16 years busy gardening, nearly every day.
I hope you will also recover well but it will take time and patience.
OOh that sounds really painful on all fronts @Lizzie27 as if moving isn't bad enough! Pleased to hear you recovered OK, sadly I am just going to get worse so making the most of this time and planting like a mad thing (or at least I will be if the weather stops messing about).
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
The snow drought is soon to be over! Tonight into tomorrow - 6-8 inches of snow. Sunday into Monday - 6-8 inches of snow. Wednesday - 8 or more inches of snow. I may get out on my snowshoes yet!
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
I suspect @CrankyYankee will have proper snow that stays around a while and is beautiful as well as insulating for plants as opposed to the kind much of the UK gets that is thin and quickly turns to ugly, messy slush.
RTBC? Seriouslyheavy rain and strong winds here so OH has lit a fire, Love a log fire. So do the cats and dogs.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Obelixx winter used to start in October and last through April or May, but now it seems to begin in January. We still have snow in late spring; this was May of 2020.
A lot of our plants need that insulation, as you pointed out, and the prolonged cold.
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
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I was lucky though, recovered well and have happily spent the last 16 years busy gardening, nearly every day.
I hope you will also recover well but it will take time and patience.
The first bunch of bought daffodils.
My niece's dog would far rather go for a ride on the bus than on a walk, particularly if it is cold/wet/dark* *(delete as applicable)
RTBC? Seriouslyheavy rain and strong winds here so OH has lit a fire, Love a log fire. So do the cats and dogs.