“Sod Off” said the garden
Buried deep
covered in snow, the coldframes heaving with the latest snow fall. I’d brushed them off yesterday and figured I’d better finish the job before the temperatures plunged into the single digits.
A brush prevents someone clutsy like me from breaking the glass which, by the way, was covered in these intricate Jack Frost designs but I couldn’t get a great picture of them. The light was not cooperating. My illegal potatoes are in these cold frames but I think that I shall be suitably punished by them not holding up in the cold. Only time will tell.
The rest of the yard looks equally disinterested in me being in it. I shook some of the snow off my evergreens and filled the bird feeder but there is not much to do other than order new stuff for the spring. I have a huge list of apple trees that I will be ordering for a new orchard up at the farm. I also have found a supplier of hawthorn (thanks John) who has ample stock and can keep us occupied in the spring with hedgerow planting.
Brushing the knee deep snow off my jeans I couldn’t help but see the sign below and read instead “Don’t let the garden gate hit you on the ass on the way out”.
Don't let the garden gate...............
I like your interpretation of the last sign
Personally though, I like the first sign. It’s direct, and to the point…”GROW”…now if only my plants could read!
Ha, thats true…though it seems unfair to demand that when the sign is covered in snow.
Hee hee, I think every garden should have some of those ‘grow’ signs. And I do mean a few, not just one.
Oooh, I love your coldframes! Yours is the first one I’ve seen made with brick! It’s gorgeous.
Hi,
All the snow AND GRAVEL looks ……well,
a bit alien. I think you should relocate
to the Blue Mts. in NSW Australia.
It gets cold in Winter… -1 or even -2 to 3 degrees C in Winter. Frequent mists,good rainfall
most years,hotter in Summer but cool at night.
It seems we can grow everything except tropical.
I grow many snowies. I was quite surprised to see
those dear little snouts pushing through gravel.
Especially when the yellow looking bloom looked
like Primrose Warburg or the like.
I use a soft mulch & was fascinated by your method.
I get good increases from all but a few spinsters
I am wondering if you get good increase in yours.
Kind regards,
Linda.
P.S. Every couple of years it snows…..you’d
be disgusted (or delighted) Just an inch or so
& it soon goes. A few frosts. Just enough to
grow herbaceous peonies but not kill any good
plants.