Gardening in Winter

Caring for a garden requires year round care. That is something that I did not understand when I started one. I thought that my work for the year was done when I put the garden to bed in November, however, we had more to do this weekend.

I had left the plants in the front garden bed as food for birds, but I felt that it was time to clean things up. It looked really messy.

Everything looked much better once all of the dead plants were cut down.

I also had Douglas tie this bush to a stake. It has been growing crookedly, and I wanted to straighten it out.

While we were out there working, it started to snow. There was not enough snow for us to have a white Christmas, something I am still sad about, but enough to get Kahlua excited.

Noticing that our gogi berry bush is still producing fruit made me as giddy as Kahlua. The red berries look so pretty against the winter landscape.

The plants around the back porch received some love as well. I cleaned up the pots and the bed along the back of the house.

The gogi bush is not the only plant that is fruitful this December. Our sage plant is still going strong as well. We used the fresh sage for our stuffing for both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It was delicious.

It might not be the most exciting work in the world, but having a pretty yard and producing some of our own food make the work worthwhile. It is always good to get outside and work in the dirt, even in the winter.

Happy Homemaking!