It has been a while since I posted a garden update that was more than just a few pictures.
Today I decided to focus on the buds that are beginning already to swell on the trees, here at the shortest day of the year. Solstice occurs for us in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow — I took the pictures today since it wasn’t raining.
To me, there is truly magic in the world. Here, at the cusp of change, just before the harshest conditions of the year, the plants already anticipate warmer, brighter times. This time of year, in the late afternoon light, the swelling buds and emergent blossoms of the winter-blooming flowers almost glow with life.
These pics were taken with my ipad around 3 pm today.
Apple
Pear
Plum
Willow
Red-flowering Currant
Witch Hazel
Filbert (Hazelnut)
Heather
And then, a surprise in the garden. Artichoke are occasionally perennial around here. This is one plant I put in this summer that wasn’t supposed to bear until next year. I didn’t notice any buds or blooms earlier, but there they were today. One fully mature, and two beginning. I picked them all, just because it is getting cold and I would rather the plant put its energy toward surviving the winter.
Nature. She knows how to set the world up for success.
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