At first, the snow came down in soft, slow flurries, seeming to be in no particular hurry as each snow flake drifted down to land gently somewhere on the garden.(I know it makes no sense for …
WInter Gardening: Phase Two
Now that it is December, I have begun, in earnest, Phase Two of Winter Gardening.To the casual observer, this phase, which I call “Settling In”, looks a lot like a bear hibernating, as far as …
Winter Gardening: Phase One
Are you wondering how we "northern gardeners" make it through winter without "gardening"?On her blog Edenmakers™, Shirley Bovshow asked, "Garden Coma: What will you do while your garden sleeps?"I …
Absolutes of Gardening: Tender Plants
This plant doesn’t look good at all. I think I should have moved these Red Banana plants, Ensete maurelii, into the garage before morning temperatures dipped below freezing. But I didn’t and now …
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Snow!
Finally, January and warm temperatures are gone and February is here and we have some snow. Not a lot of snow, but a few inches. And we have some wind, the kind that cuts through even the warmest …
Winter Where Art Though?
We are having a warm winter. I don't know if it is unusual, but we are on pace to have the 3rd warmest January since they started to keep records. I don't like this. I want it to be cold, I want some …
