photo taken December 17th 2023 of front-garden vinca.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 50

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 50

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photos taken December 16th and 17th 2023 of bare-ground moss and front-garden vinca.

So, the vinca in my gardens is one of my banes.  It grows in the winter, for goodness’ sake!  So even if you’ve got things tidy in the fall, in the spring when all the things you planted on purpose are trying to poke their heads out, the vinca is already there, wrapped around them.  But…it is nice to have something pretty and green right now, peeking out from amongst the brown, undaunted.

Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years points out that this week the garden is looking rather perkier than usual for this time of year.

A mosaic of 11 weekly garden images showing early to late December for 2021-2023. Snow and bricks and cold-weather greens.
December 16th 2023 garden – looking back (and forward) by 1-week and 1-year steps.

And looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years very much concurs, insisting that things really ought to be snowier right now than they are.  (The weather was kind of perfect for gardening this weekend, sunny and cool but not at all cold…very enjoyable, but not very Decembery.)

A mosaic of 11 weekly garden images showing late November to late December for 2019-2023. Gardens under snow, but recent greens.
December 16th 2023 garden – looking back (and forward) by 2-week and 2-year steps.

…This week my garden is bucking the trend and going green for December.

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