Ice Persists
Icing on the Lawn Beds. Iced lilacs. The long road to home. It's a long time til spring.
Making the Ascent…
Snowstorm! The chickens can't wait... I wish I had a portable chicken house! No joke.
Sastrugi
It wouldn't be snowy winter unless I was writing about sastrugi, the snow waves and caves created by the wind. This is what the western edge of the Sunken Garden looked like at early this morning. The snow storm has passed but the snow is cold and dry and the wind blows right across the field to the west. You can see how the shape of the snow has changed, especially where the sun is hitting in the…
It’s Melting – and Melting
Although I am still surrounded by lawns and fields of snow, the sun has been shining with the predictable result. The snow is melting slowly and almost invisibly. Melted snow is running off and down the road. Have I ever mentioned that we live on a hill? Some of this water is actually coming from the hill that continues to rise behind our house. Is this water from the invisible melt beneath the snow, or is it coming…
A Winter Walk Makes a Promise
There is very little color out in the snowy garden. These last scarlet berries on the highbush cranberry (a native plant) are a dramatic exclamation. I guess I didn't do all the necessary dead heading last summer. This seedcase was left on a tree peony, a remnant of the last season. But look . . . could these be buds on that same tree peony? A promise of the new season? The lilac buds are beginning to swell…
Our First Winner is. . .
Rose of Prairie Rose's Garden in Central Illinois. Rose has won Nan Ondra's book, The Perennial Care Manual, and 2 dozen CowPots! Congratulations! When I get Rose's mailing address I'll send them right out. Now, since this is my Second Blogoversary, Storey and CowPots are offering a second chance to win in a drawing. This time the book is Right Rose, Right Place: 359 Perfect Choices for Beds, Borders, Hedges and Screens, Containers, Fences, Trellises, and More by…