Sky Over The “Lower 40”
Heatherwood Winter
I got up the other day and saw this early morning view out our living room window. I scrambled and grabbed my camera. I was able to only create a few images before the special light was gone. Cloudy winter mornings are very special here in Eastern Washington.
Winter Color
Heatherwood Lower Garden
Warm weather over the weekend melted most of the snow. The winter colors of the garden add highlights throughout. We have enjoyed them through the season. Now it is time to start our winter/spring cleanup. Out come the pruning shears and hedge trimmers to cut back the grasses, perennials, and some of the deciduous shrubs. Cutting back the plants now will give them a head start to begin their spring growth. Soon, we will be starting our 2015 landscape project for our southwest corner.
Snow on the Shrubs
Heatherwood Winter
During the last couple of weeks we have had three snowfalls. Each one has been fairly light. They have rapidly melted as the temperatures have been in the mid 40’s. Next week the forecast is to be in the mid 50’s. I hope it will be goodbye to the snow for this season.
We will be starting our spring cleanup in our Heatherwood garden next week with pruning our red & yellow twig dogwoods and nine bark shrubs and cutting back our grasses and perennials. By mid-March, I hope to be carving out new paths and adding berms in the southwest portion of the property. My vision is to create a meandering path through a conifer display garden. The new plantings are targeted to begin in mid April when the irrigation is turned on. It will be a busy spring!
Snow Covered Pathway
Heatherwood Winter
This week we were scheduled to start our winter/spring garden clean-up. Nature said, “Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!” We have had three snowfalls this week. The garden is beautiful in its blanket of snow. Nature rules, so we will patiently wait.