Monday, January 18, 2010

Snow Falls in January

Garden - January 2010
This morning, we woke up to another 6 inches of heavy wet snow...so heavy that it pulled many of the pine branches down low to the ground. I had to duck in order to get to my compost pile. So much for the January Thaw. I wonder how long it will take for this latest batch to melt.

January storm
I'm trying to remind myself that in couple of months from now, all of this will be gone. There's still so much to do and think about before our last frost date. Hopefully, I'll find the time to work on my garden plan soon.

meyer lemon blossoms
meyer lemon blossoms 2
And while the world looks pretty bleak outside, a lemon tree still manages to flower.

12 comments:

  1. Wow! those are some beautiful pictures!

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  2. Lovely pictures! We don’t have snow any more, but the winter is still here.
    Last year I did first outdoors garden work on March 1st, so just 1.5 months to go.

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  4. I love the photos of the lemon flowers. They do remind me so spring.

    I need to work on my garden plan too. I usually do it in my head, but I'm thinking of on paper this year so I can put it on the blog. I'll see. I need a plan though so I know how many transplants to start.

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  5. The snow looks so lovely. Would you like some pictures of my sand? ;-)

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  6. Hello Thomas, sorry for all the snow but beautiful photos they are... and I can smell the fragrance of the lemon blossom.

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  7. Thomas..love the contrast between the snow..which are stunning photographs btw,and the lemon flowers.....perfect.

    And Thomas, you love cooking and gardening..i think you would love Alice Waters cookbooks...it's what she is all about....

    i'll be back tomorrow, my friend

    kary

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  8. Thomas...i bet there are wild mushrooms in New England in the spring..after all the rain..

    i was signed up to go on a mushroom walk in the hills of Cambria a couple of weeks ago, but the teacher got sick. He is a friend of mine..a biologist...and does he know his mushrooms..wish you were here to go with us....

    more later

    kary

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  9. Beautiful pictures! I miss my citrus trees, they are at the other house, don't get to see the flowers very often.
    It's been raining and snowing on and off here all week, not pretty snow white like yours.

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  10. Lovely snow pictures...and your bloomin' lemon looks even lovelier in comparison!

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  11. Nice macros of the lemon buds!! I love it when the snow sticks to the trees...

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