Category Archives: Winter Gardens

The Frayed Waistcoats of Winter

Posted on February 8, 2019 by aheronsgarden

A white sky steals color. In still air, the wet mists of winter take advantage of a sun that’s gone missing for several days and settle down for a spell, polishing leaves that are already forgotten. They erase distance and … Continue reading →

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The Weather Outside Can Be Frightful

Posted on January 24, 2017 by aheronsgarden

January’s winter storm was a piker compared with past whoppers. Barely two inches of snow fell, but a long winter’s night of sleet managed to pull it all together and put on a good show. Cold weather and slick roads … Continue reading →

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The Lollapalooza Month

Posted on February 20, 2015 by aheronsgarden

February 2015. We had high hopes of finding February after losing January. One balmy day and we were out whacking down grasses and seedy natives to make way for daffodils, then planning the next attack on a wayward garden. We … Continue reading →

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The Lost Month

Posted on February 13, 2015 by aheronsgarden

January. Disappeared. Wiped away. That’s why this is being written in February. That’s not to say calendar days didn’t march by, one by one, as prescribed by the physics of the solar system. I’m talking here about garden days. Let … Continue reading →

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The Blizzard of 2015. . .

Posted on February 1, 2015 by aheronsgarden

. . .And Other Winter Snows We were treated like some kind of heroes.  For no particular reason, except that we had weathered the blizzard and come home to talk about it. The weekend before the great storm,  fifteen of … Continue reading →

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