A snowy landscape at the farm
Winter has definitely arrived and from what I've been hearing on the weather reports, it promises to be a long and harsh one. Judging from all of the comments I receive on this blog, so many of you enjoy the photo tours of my farm throughout the seasons. Although I wait with great anticipation for the return of warm weather, I really love the way the landscape looks all covered with snow. And, because I never get tired of snapping pictures, I wanted to share some more wintry photos taken the other day.
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- The eave along the north side of my carport is the perfect place to hang bird feeders. We take them down for cleaning and refilling using a long hooked pole. Notice the icicles?
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- Plop – into the puddle below on the gravel drive
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- The icicles along the sunny south side of the carport have melted. Here is a falling droplet of water and its shadow.
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- And another
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- And some more
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- A view through one of the carport windows – a very happy little bird
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- This is the pergola next to the greenhouse. I love the shadows cast by the low hanging sun.
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- This artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ is growing along the fence of the vegetable garden. Its silvery-gray leaves remain supple even in freezing temperatures.
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- My ‘Japanese’ container garden next to the cold frame has been wrapped in hay for the winter.
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- I love how these remaining stalks of Brussels sprouts look in the snowy vegetable garden.
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- And this row of leeks
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- The silvery leaf of an artichoke covered with snow
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- This bushy clump of rosemary is very cold hardy.
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- This is my field of very young Christmas trees.
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- A rather large mound of compost covered with snow.
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- My little pond is frozen solid.
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- Squirrel prints across the ice
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- This scrubby area is the wetland that runs through my property. It is full of wildlife.
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- This sycamore looks like it’s covered with snow, but it’s just the snowy looking bark.
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- A once gurgling brook frozen solid
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- Very long shadows fall across this meadow.
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- Another cascading brook
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- Autumn leaves trapped beneath the ice
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- A view into the woods
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- A rather cold looking boulder
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- Freezing looking but not quite frozen
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- This tree is growing alongside one of the brooks. Notice how its roots are clinging horizontally to the edge?
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- More very cold looking ice
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- A view through the trees to the pasture beyond
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