rose garden updates

the rose garden progress...

 

 

 

 

planted the pumphouse with climbing rose eden to bloom around "the garden"

 

 

 

started planting the deer fence with white banksaie to cascade and arch high above the fenceline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

the north fence is planted with green giants for an evergreen hedge deer fence

 

 

pieces of the arbor lie waiting patiently for placement by spring.

 

garden walk

we are due for another deluge of storms the next couple of weeks, another atmospheric river, I have seen as much as ten inches this week, decided to take a morning walk before the rains hit in a few hours...

 

first up is filling the feeding stations, this is stripped clean every other day, actually, the finch feeder should be filled daily, every two days I lug out pounds of seeds. the only reason why this is empty of birds now is because I am standing there, otherwise this is my version of tv, I sit in my comfy chair reading and watching 100s of birds feeding from dawn to dusk, it's a costly habit, we go thru a couple hundred pounds of food every other week, I would be better off buying a horse!

 

 

 

 

I relish the few bits of color on the gray horizon...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I planted close to a 1000 daffodils spread around the property, this group is forging its way up...

 

 

as always, Katie is unbearably cute in my eyes...

 

 

rose garden winter update

its been rather a wild weather winter, I cherished those warm 60 plus degree days that had me working feverishly in the new rose garden, but then the rains came long and steady, weeks and weeks worth, with a day or two for drying out and more to come...
 

 

the start of 8' high deer fencing and the planting of a large circular garden with center and side alleys.

 

sitting home reading on a typical stormy morning I got an email from a friend that my favorite store was having a spur of the moment weekend sale, everything 20% off, I barely had time to turn off my computer before we were in the car, I knew just what I wanted, a new pedestal for a statue in the rose garden!

 

 

flora has been the love of my garden life for decades, she is still living at our other home, I am not sure how we could get her off the hill, I do love her dearly, this pedestal will not be for her, but for her cousin i am willing to embrace for our next chapter...

 

 an ode to my darling flora...

 

 

not only has it been exceptional wet, it has been cold! for days and days, ok weeks and weeks, its snowed tiny flurries a few times, but this morning I woke up to that wonderful white magic of pure joy and solitude...








 

winter in the garden

the iris have been sending up sparse rebloomers, even at the end of the January,

my friend Jonathon...

 

 

the real story this winter has been the winds! several days worth of 60 mph gusts, we had our first causality this year with the tractor...

 

 

a 30' live oak just snapped onto the tractor crushing the seat, steering wheel and tweaking the body. my husband has been welding it straight again and ordering new parts to get her back in shape so she can keep working the in the garden!

 

 

its been beasty cold, then woke up to 6" of fresh snow~