We had a frost last night-2°c and I have just done a garden walk at 10:30 am. First time noticing this. My freshly plated hedgerow was covered in woodchip (image 2) and then my flower beds, herb beds, and pots got a thin layer of homemade compost (image 1), these beds have living roots and a covering of leaves from this year over it. Hedgerow ground is frozen. Garden beds I can poke my index finger in all the way and the temperature is noticeably warmer. Both are in the same amount of sunshine.
Apart from the difference in application of mulch vs compost and living roots the flower beds have a one breeze block high wall around it where as the hedgerow is exposed.
I just thought this was a cool observation on the differences and wanted to share. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
by 19marc81
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That compost looks nice and fluffy, would assume it’s acting like a blanket as insulation.