Marsha's Garden Blog: December 2009

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Working in the garden, looking and admiring nature, watching how organisms interact all feed my inner being. Getting my hands into the soil connects me with the earth.

This is probably why I am so drawn to work in clay (porcelain and other earth clays).

Here in my Mid-Atlantic, US garden, which is considered Hardiness Zone 7A by the USDA, Spring is here and will soon be coming to a close.

I have cleared most of the Coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans that had Aster yellows and am keeping a close eye for other plants showing symptoms this year.

I am delighted to say that I am again, falling in love with my garden. 2011 growing season stuck a fork right through my heart, and I am happy it is now in the past and nature is taking her turn at moving things forward into the 2012 growing season...

Monday, December 21, 2009

Frozen garden goodies

Here are some pictures I took a few weeks ago after a light dusting of snow, which melted the next day.

St. John's Wort:
Easily becoming a favorite of mine!

Cone Flower Seed Head:
I like this tiny natural ice sculpture sitting nicely (meow anyone?)

Even a seedling St. John's Wort showing it's strength... And shadow.

I'm a frozen plant encased in ice fanatic... I think we're expecting some freezing rain this Christmas day (Friday) but we're under at least 18" of snow from the recent blizzard, so the encased things may be a bit limited...

Guess I will have to wait for my grass frozen in ice crunchy noise fix until things thaw, then we get freezing rain again. It's like being a kid with bubble wrap - who can resist?

Hope your winter garden is enjoyable!

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