The snow pretty much killed any chance of the winter crops from producing any more, but I think the onions will be fine since they are underground?? The main problem with all the snow was that the neighbors couldn't see that the field wasn't a blank field any more, and they rode their ATVs around in it. Guess we better put up a fence.
If you look at this picture of the blueberries, you can see the big difference between the north side (snow hasn't melted) and the south side of the plants. We are thinking of putting thermal mass on the north side (rocks?) to absorb sunlight and let off the heat during the night. Ramsey in Winston-Salem says his yard is almost 5 degrees warmer than the surrounding lots because he has so much thermal mass set up.
We are planing on planting a bamboo plant soon. It is both edible and can be used for building. It is not the kind that spreads terribly quickly, but we do want it to be a whole grove one day... it's very useful to have quick-growing plants around.
Another quick growing tree to look into is the Empress Tree...
