See Previous | See Next This week the best word to describe my garden is ‘bedraggled’. Last week it got very cold, but now that has passed, and things are melting again, and it’s that transition time when you just don’t look your best. (If you want to know what’s up with the cage in the left-hand picture, the answer is: squirrels. I have very few perennials in my kitchen-deck planters, but if they are to have the remotest chance…
See Previous | See Next This week is mostly continued coldness, the way so much of winter often is. My yuccas and my willows, as ever, persist. (There are little birds about, but not enough to get an easy picture.) Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a confirmation of snowy yuccas, with hints that maybe the earliest bits of spring will be soon. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years keeps with the snowy and yucca themes (clearly…
See Previous | See Next The snow has been replenished again. My shady front garden is nearly completely buried and the back almost manages to make the straggly brown stems poking up above the white look elegant. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a reminder how fickle the snow and the melt are, and also how reliable my tall sedums are for keeping the winter garden interesting. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years gives a hint that…
See Previous | See Next This week the garden has been leaning strongly into soggy and brown, with some days warm enough to feel a bit like spring. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a reminder that this is still January and more snow will be coming, sooner or later. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years concurs, and repeats this week’s glimpse of all the circular fencing my gardens are made of – my attempt to keep…
See Previous | See Next This week the relatively abundant snow is melting, and depending on which way you look you can glimpse or imagine some pretty greenery underneath (Colorado is fundamentally brown). Some of my hellebore are champions at mimicking evergreens, and I thank them for it. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years reinforces the January theme of snow and/or brown – we’re lucky with a bit more moisture this year. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years…
See Next This is my first Weekly Garden snapshot for a project that I’ve been working on for a long time. For the past several years, I’ve been collecting pretty photos from around my garden every week, centered on Saturdays. I’ve always been curious to be able to see how things do and do not change over time, and these photos are my time capsule, where I can watch both the shifting of the seasons and how those seasons do…