It's no secret that Wyoming is a tough place to garden. There are many opportunities to help yourself out though. Adding the snow fence is one thing that you can do to help protect your garden. The snow fence traps snow, which adds moisture in the spring thaw. The snow also insulates the soil and protects plants during cold temperatures and allows organisms to stay active during the winter months. It's important to set up your snow fence perpendicular with the wind. This way you can trap as much snow as possible. Building a snow fence is a great activity for the fall. Put it in before the winter snow flies. There are wide variety of options you can choose for a snow fence and pick the one that's going to be best suited for your garden. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Brian Sabati and you're watching From the Ground Up.