Hmm I didn't know that about snow. Low is 30 on Saturday so it will be cold but not THAT cold. I was at walmart last night and checked out their plants. Broc and Cauli plants are only 1.69 each so that will be my back up. I guess I will give my own plants a week or so more. My cauli and broc are just so little still and aren't growing much. I guess I could always try again for fall with seeds. My tomatoes are starting to look great. Thicker stems, lots of leaves. They should be good to transplant by first weekend in May or last weekend in April. So that makes me happy. :)

I dunno, I think you could move it now and it would have time to get settled before the snow flies in Vermont. I would in any case give it a hard prune in early spring. Gary

Just throwing my twenty eight cents and a couple pictures into the pot (see what I did there). I broke the rules and tipped mine upright over this past weekend when we had our first 60 degree day on Saturday. The ground has been thawed for about three weeks now. The daffodils are 4-5 inches out of the ground with buds, crocus in full bloom, snow drops are done and the hellebore are beginning to open up. With all this activity I got nervous the hostas might pop early again this year. So I did my research and looked to see what the average temps would be and sure enough we are into the 40-50 highs with 33-35 lows. So I figured better to tip them all and get them cleaned up and ready for spring because it never fails that someone will show their pips too soon for their own good. Sure enough, two of my three Andrew and Sea Gulf Stream had pips beginning to emerge from the soil. So . . . I removed all of last years leaves I used as insulation to make sure that there was nothing obstructing their drainage and put a fresh coat of pine mulch over them to hopefully keep them asleep for a while longer. When they break my mulch barrier I will know there's no turning back and will have to begin covering them until April. Like the gentlemen have advised, it is best to wait until your hard freezes are done. My zone 7a is fickle in March and everything always has a tendency to think it's spring and shoot 4 inches out of the ground only to get some weird single day snow cover the last week in March (never fails). So I figure this way I am prepared to cover what does decide to show up early. We will also be getting a lot of rain this month but since I know the pots won't freeze and the drainage is good I have nothing to worry about. So here I was Feb 4th, little over a month ago during our two weeks of 20F. Brrrrr. And today March 12th with everyone ready to go. :) The green in the one pot in the middle is a tough-as-nails Pulmonaria that never really went dormant and has started putting out new growth already. AND THE FIRST ROSE OF SPRING !!!! Well . . . not a rose, but cute. Ludi

dormant hosta can be cut to the media level.. and i dont really see deer bare rooting them to eat roots.. same with the coral bells i would think ... my biggest concern would be too much water in a pot with dormant plants.. so i would just lay them on their sides ... you will SEE when they start to sprout ... then just stand them up ... they will adjust if you are a little late doing so ... chicken wire and a couple stakes would probably be cheaper than hardware cloth.. you dont really need strength... just deterrence ... i would think the 3 foot stakes is good enough even after pounding in ... would probably adjust to what you chicken wire options are ... and this stuff will cut you.. so gloves and long sleeves is best ... you might not even need the stakes.. just lay it over and pin it to the ground .... kinda like a tunnel ... second pic: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=winter+chicken+wire+deer+protecting+pots&t=ffcm&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images ken