Thursday, December 22, 2005

Winter Solstice Reflection In An Icy Garden

winter garden Posted by Picasa Yesterday was the official first day of winter and the good news is that means the days will be getting longer from here on out! I admit that I haven't been out in the garden much since the temperature has been stadily below my West Coast tolerance for winter. From the looks of it we could almost ice skate down the paths. There are planty of tracks in the snow proving that the garden is not fully dormant in winter. What I can gues are mostly rabbits, mice, some cat prints and maybe birds. On thing I can't find a trace of, of course, are our favotirte garden creatures. BUGS and WORMS of course! What happens tothem I wondered and although I enjoyed the image I conjured up of a worm family cozily coiled around a fireplace munching some rotting beet we left in the ground, I know it wasn't true. II discovered that insects hibernate or are handily equiped with an 'antifreeze' type blood. And the worms, well they have a pretty intelligent winter coping mechanism...better then mine at least. Next year remind me to follow the geese south!

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Hello every one!

Hey guys! Just at the office working on a manual for next season. Hope to see you soon. Have a Merry Chritmas & a Happy New Year! Jerica!!!!