Posts filed under ‘In The Garden’
The Lay of the Land
Any of you who have a garden surely are familiar with the yin and yang of winter. These months of dormancy in the garden are a blessing in that they provide the busy gardener with time at his or her desk (or kitchen table) to sort through the catalogues and draft up the plans for the coming season’s garden. But winter, as it trudges along to late February, can be downright painful for the gardener psyche, having been penned up inside for so long. I have turned with new zest to house plants this winter, having missed my garden so very much. I have also been soothing the burning desire to get in the garden by meticulously planning on paper every detail of my little patch of green goodness.
Plotting out all the details of the garden has become increasingly important for me, thanks to both my experiences gardening in a small plot with an ambitious crop list and my reading list over this winter. One of the books I read from front to back and then again was Sarah Raven’s The Great Vegetable Plot. Just like her The Cutting Garden, this volume is jammed full of great tips for getting the most out of a small piece of land, focusing in great detail on succession planting, trellising, the most productive varieties of any given vegetable, and how to push the limits of the seasons. With these words of wisdom in mind, I drafted my layout for this year’s vegetable garden.
Orchid Oogling
It’s Friday, and I owe you a real post with a tasty recipe and all. But thanks to my inane (that is not a typo) schedule, you’ll have to wait for that until tomorrow. In the meantime, I thought I’d share with you a couple photos I snapped yesterday at my place of employ, where we’re having an orchid extravaganza. Certainly nice to see so many fresh colorful and dewy “faces” when everything else around here is frozen solid.
Happy Holidays & A Give Away!
Congratulations to K (comment #3), the winner of this lovely box of tea!!! Thank you, every one, for your wonderful comments!
SFTF is officially on Christmas vacation for a few days. But below is a little slideshow to keep you entertained. Christmas at Longwood Gardens is in full swing. I’ve certainly honed my night photography skills in an attempt to capture the magic.
Also, I’m giving away a box of my handcrafted, organically grown, loose leaf herbal tea. Yep, you guys have been nothing but nice this past year and deserve a little gift. I wish I had a box for all the thousands of you that read this blog regularly (merci!) but since I don’t, it’s time for a yuletide give away! Leave a comment below about your favorite SFTF moment this past year or something you hope to see here in the upcoming year. Make sure the email address you enter is accurate as that’s how I’ll contact you. I’ll put the names in a hat and draw one out after the New Year.
Best wishes to you and yours this holiday season!
Natural Inspiration III
Since so many of you seemed to appreciate seeing the last batch of these garden snapshots, I thought I’d share a few more I took yesterday and today. Snow was falling at the time and the light got reflected in odd ways, adding an almost eerie glow. I can’t believe it snowed so much in November! Perhaps it’ll be a white Christmas this year?? The doe in the snow was so calm as I took her picture and I found the combination of her demeanor and the snow extremely peaceful. Meanwhile, the thorns of the Poncirus trifoliata (Trifoliate- Orange) are rather sinister but alluring, don’t you think?
more photos after the jump
Natural Inspiration II
More photos from my walks around the garden. These were taken on a gloomy rainy day, and yet it was so colorful when I looked through my lens. Have your mouse hover over a photo if you want to know what the subject is.
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