THE BEUATY OF SNOW AND SAVERE COLD

I must admit this weather we are having accross the country is not good for many reasons,I.E the elderly, people going to work. transport, and also airports. But the one good thing about it is ,it certainly kills a lot of nasties in the garden and it also washes all the salts that was accumilated in the last growing season when it thaws. For the growing season in 2009 i was inendated with terrible fungus on all my fruit trees (apples,pears) and they did not bare hardly any fruit at all. I can now say that because of the bad weather we had in late 2009 and early 2010 it ment that the fruit trees were dorment for a much longer period. When the warmer weather started to set in i noticed that the young shoots were groing much better and looked much more healthier than ever before and because of that i had a wonderful crop of fruit and certainly did not have any fungus or other deseases. so i am hoping this comming season will be the same. (YOU CANT BEAT A BIT OF HOME GROWN FRUIT) I am not a believer in using chemical sprays if i can avoid it as i do believe it does not do what ever you are growing any good, and that if i do use anything at all it will be only be washing up liquid which is diluted. The info that i am led to believe is that we are going to have bad weather for a few months to come so be on your gard with your young early plants.