by Anneliese | Jan 15, 2009 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
I have some blooms after all! The flowers on our potted Tradescantia are so small that you can’t even see them unless you’re quite close. Seriously, that little flower is barely over 1/4″ across. I had quite a bit of trouble getting my camera to focus on it. I’ll be honest though, I’m still more excited about the sweet potato buds. Way to go! Every little flower helps. # Posted By Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening | 1/15/09 8:24 PM...
by Anneliese | Jan 15, 2009 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Gardening
I have never participated in Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for a few reasons. First of all, I’m an infrequent blogger, and remembering to post on the same day each month never felt like an important priority. Also, I travel a lot, especially in the spring during garden show season, so I’m not always around to see what’s coming up outside. And probably most importantly, I don’t really care that much about flowers. I know, sacrilege! Okay,...
by Noel | Jan 11, 2009 | Gardening
It was about 20º F when I took this picture of the garden yesterday afternoon. The snow has covered up the precise delineation of the beds. I’m looking north. The raspberries are to the left. I won’t cut those back until late February. In the back center are the dried asparagus fronds in the north beds. Those aren’t cut back until a March thaw takes away the snow. We’ve had about three feet of snow so far, but thaws have taken the snow...
