It's beautiful! Your woodland looks very similar to mine in S. Wisconsin. I can't believe you have Snowdrops already, though. Thanks for reminding me to check for Hellebore buds. Happy Bloom Day!
Thanks for stopping by Beth! Yes, hard to believe it is almost Thanksgiving. I have so many bulbs to plant still. Mrs MacNamara is a pretty reliable autumn snowdrop I guess. This is the first year though that she has been up this early for me. 💚
Julie, I love that you featured the lichens in your garden! I've taken a couple of lichen identification workshops locally, and these odd organisms, a symbiotic partnership between an algae and fungus are fascinating. We gardeners rarely think of how these lichens can enhance our gardens (they cannot be cultivated), but they sure make for some very interesting growths on tree trunks and rocks that can create interest.
Thanks Elena! Lichen are so lovely in this moment of cold & damp in the garden. (It’s good to try to value it for something even though it makes bulbs planting not as fun. ;) )
How fun to have a lichen class! I have been thinking about finding a few guides to learn their names they are so fascinating. 💚
Woodland settings feature prominently in my dream garden images, not that those dream match up with our Mediterranean climate in coastal Southern California. I've always been intrigued by witch hazels but they're not an option for me. I do have some hellebores, though I'm unlikely to see any flowers from them until well into the new year.
We are definitely pulling into cold/wet season here and I’m drinking more tea each day. Very different from SoCal! But each place has its perks — After todays gloom where the sun hardly seemed to shine through the fog I think a Pacific sunset would be very nice ☀️ ☺️
It's beautiful! Your woodland looks very similar to mine in S. Wisconsin. I can't believe you have Snowdrops already, though. Thanks for reminding me to check for Hellebore buds. Happy Bloom Day!
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Thanks for stopping by Beth! Yes, hard to believe it is almost Thanksgiving. I have so many bulbs to plant still. Mrs MacNamara is a pretty reliable autumn snowdrop I guess. This is the first year though that she has been up this early for me. 💚
Julie, I love that you featured the lichens in your garden! I've taken a couple of lichen identification workshops locally, and these odd organisms, a symbiotic partnership between an algae and fungus are fascinating. We gardeners rarely think of how these lichens can enhance our gardens (they cannot be cultivated), but they sure make for some very interesting growths on tree trunks and rocks that can create interest.
Thanks Elena! Lichen are so lovely in this moment of cold & damp in the garden. (It’s good to try to value it for something even though it makes bulbs planting not as fun. ;) )
How fun to have a lichen class! I have been thinking about finding a few guides to learn their names they are so fascinating. 💚
Woodland settings feature prominently in my dream garden images, not that those dream match up with our Mediterranean climate in coastal Southern California. I've always been intrigued by witch hazels but they're not an option for me. I do have some hellebores, though I'm unlikely to see any flowers from them until well into the new year.
We are definitely pulling into cold/wet season here and I’m drinking more tea each day. Very different from SoCal! But each place has its perks — After todays gloom where the sun hardly seemed to shine through the fog I think a Pacific sunset would be very nice ☀️ ☺️