A reader recently asked this question in the "ask Jim Hole a question" competition:
"We had such a nice day today in Calgary. I went into the back yard (south facing) and I see that quite a bit of the snow has melted,leaving behind lots of what I think is snow mold. What should I do about it, should I rake it off or what? Because the front is north facing there is still at least 2 feet of snow on that lawn. It is uaually still there into May."
This question didn't win, but fortunately it is easy to answer as two other gardeners recently wrote a post about it! The answer: rake it.
http://communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/gardenbuzz/archive/2011/04/03/sunday-april-3-2011-what-will-you-find-under-the-snow.aspx
http://donnabalzer.blogspot.com/2011/04/finally-snow-starts-melting.html
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