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Posted by Robin's Nesting Place Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-03-05, 17:53:27
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 Maturity and the onset of the years has never managed to dampen the excitement I feel on waking to the magical silence that comes after a fall of snow in the night. This morning was no exception. Jumping into warm clothes and sensible shoes, I rose early and ran off, like an excited child, to fetch my camera. Standing at the front door, the first view I took is to the left hand side of the garden where we planted a border of deciduous trees and shrubs, which allows plenty of light during the dark days of Winter. . . .
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Posted by A wildlife gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens, winter on 2008-03-04, 06:00:33
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Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-02-29, 06:26:19
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 The boys of winter: my Toby, the white one, and our neighbor's dog, Buddy, are so joyful on snow-days, it's infectious.
The closer we get to spring, the more it seems to snow. I don't mind. I live in country and welcome every opportunity to go snowshoeing with my "boys," but anyone who lives in town or the city with mountains of snow blocking sidewalks is well and truly finished with winter. . . .
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Posted by Yvonne Cunnington Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-02-27, 06:18:45
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Walking a labyrinth is a unique experience. In winter, you may be tempted to trace the pattern with your eyes instead of your feet!
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 This is my longest blogging hiatus. The truth is the garden and the gardener are dormant right now. Sort of like these amaryllis bulbs before I potted them up three weeks ago. Dormancy can be good. The seasons encourage it. Why fight it. . .
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to bulbs, winter on 2008-02-25, 06:37:30
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I woke up this morning to bright sunshine streaming in through my bedroom window and I thought to myself- I must go to the Park. . . .
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Posted by The Occasional Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-02-18, 04:37:02
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 Last January has been, with an average temperature of 6,5 C (42,8 F), the warmest but one since we, the Dutch, started recording these things in 1706. The warmest ever was January 2007, with a record breaking average temperature of 7,1 C (44,8 F). I wonder what February has in store for us. . . .
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Posted by Yolanda Elizabet Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers, winter on 2008-02-13, 07:15:13
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I took these photos on Saturday while wondering River Rd. I needed the time to re-group and get in touch with my roots. Travelling down the River Road never fails me...
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Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-02-13, 07:07:14
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Normally, my busy time at work is finished by the second weekend of February... but that's not true this year, I'm afraid. It's been a long winter in that way.
Unlike many of my fellow garden bloggers, it seems, I have been lucky enough to escape the "winter blahs," or Seasonal Affective Disorder, or whatever you want to call it. I think that my regular walks, both with and without my four-legged gardening assistant, really help. Winter seems much less oppressive when you do not feel house-bound because of it. . . .
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Posted by Blackswamp_Girl Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-02-11, 19:22:23
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Found some little snowdrops in bloom this week and the buds are swelling on the chasmanthe. A few more days of sunshine and the colors will start dazzling our eyes! The daylight is noticibly longer now too. This is always a good sign and a reason to jump for joy. (Although, jumping for joy right now would have muddy consequences) I hope to jump for joy tomorrow night when Barack Obama
wins the primary in California. My p.u. has sported his bumper sticker since last August, my front yard would love to join in with an
Obama for President sign soon. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, this is Mom's green rose; Rosa chinensis viridiflora. It isn't going to win any beauty pagents but it has a very interesting personality. Curiousier and curiouser, the deer have left this variety alone.
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Posted by weeder1 Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-02-06, 07:22:00
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Looking for a way to spruce up the front yard in winter? Building an ice palace will provide your neighborhood with a topic of conversation, and entertain your kids to...
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 an empty urncreates a strong pleasing art form in my winter garden. . .
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Posted by Naturegirl Reblogged by Old Roses to whimsy, winter on 2008-01-24, 06:24:19
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Whoops! I'm SO sorry I forgot to put in the January Chores! Here they are now. Actually there aren't too many of them, which is why I haven't been blogging. There's not much doing in the garden this time of year!. . .
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Posted by North Country Maturing Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-24, 06:19:11
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 This is what my ornamental kitchen garden looks like this month. I took this pic yesterday as I was working in the kitchen garden. Last December we had some frost and even some frozen fog and the kitchen garden looked like this:
 
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Posted by Yolanda Elizabet Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-22, 19:02:00
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 My previous post was the last I was able to squeeze in before the few remaining, hectic days leading up to Christmas. . . .
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Posted by A wildlife gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-18, 05:53:04
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 The January 2008 Garden. It doesn't look that much different than November, but some different than January 2007! Click on the Garden-Monthly Photos label below to see other months. . ..
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Posted by Petunia's Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-17, 17:58:12
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It's hard to say whether gray or brown is the predominant winter color in central Virginia.
Still, the slanting light of this time of year creates some pretty effects, and the leaf carpet is particularly nice after a rain when the color darkens. . . .
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Posted by Entangled Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-15, 05:54:27
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If you're a plant lover and live in a cold climate, there's nothing trivial about the issue of how to survive winter -- psychologically, that is. We landscaping enthusiasts are...
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Great advice for how you can grow plants outdoors in cold weather
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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening, winter on 2008-01-11, 18:28:27
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I had a dream last night that my garden was in full bloom. My Knockout rose bushes were twice the size they are now, and there were absolutely no weeds to battle. Plus, my backyard, which right now is little more than mud due to a cesspool intallation last summer, had a beautiful curvy border along the back fence. . . .
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Posted by Jessica Damiano Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-07, 18:19:00
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The January thaw came a little early this year, and I wasn't ready. Not that I couldn't find my gloves and wheelbarrow, but I wasn't ready emotionally. I haven't been cooped up in the boring house nearly long enough yet, haven't gotten so stir crazy that I felt a driving need to get up to my knees in compost. In fact, the compost pile hasn't even frozen yet, and I've been out there turning it just about every week. . ..
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Posted by CapeCodGardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-07, 18:18:09
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The fall that I was 18 I moved from north Texas to a college campus in Houston. September in Houston was unbelievably unpleasant. Every day there was rainfall in the early afternoon followed by temperatures in the upper nineties. Walking to class was like walking in a steam bath.
But around the first week of October [...]
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Posted by Bill Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-07, 18:17:05
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 Even Stella isn't quite sure what to think of all the "white stuff" we had on January 1st.
Selbst Stella war sich nicht sicher, was sie vom Schnee halten sollte, den wir pünktlich zum 1. Januar bei uns hatten.
Aren't you feeling the same way? Now that the holiday season is past us, I cannot wait for the cold weather to go away, to get my fingernails dirty, get the new seeds I ordered, wait for February to come to start some seeds indoors .... I am suffering from serious gardening withdrawal and catch myself going through my pictures of the past seasons. Patience is definitely not one of my virtues. . . .
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Posted by Andrea's Garden Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-07, 18:12:25
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I just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my visitors and blogging friends a very happy new year!
May your gardens thrive this year!. . .
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Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-06, 16:23:43
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OK. So it’s winter. This post was sparked by a few gardeners who’ve started a New Year’s Day flower count. Yup - counting flowers on that day and it was quite amazing how many of their outdoor plants were in bloom. . .
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Posted by Doug Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-04, 00:26:53
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Lewis Carroll
 ~ 'Old Man Winter
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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, winter on 2008-01-04, 00:23:53
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I went out to the kitchen garden last week to have a look around and took a few photos. The one of the dead zinnia 'profusion' plants was an interesting monochromatic study, I thought. It's a color photo but looks to be a black & white one. Then I walked around outside of the kitchen garden and found a bunch of bittersweet berries in among the wildlife thickets that I've kept uncultivated. I don't know if this is the native bittersweet (good) or the non-native, probably invasive Japanese type (bad). Well, which ever one they are, they are a bit of welcome color in the winter-dead landscape.
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Posted by jdolangreen Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-04, 00:22:41
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" The New Year begins in a snow storm of white vows." ~ George William Curtis  ~ 'Window Wonderland'
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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-03, 00:45:56
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Posted by Nancy Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2008-01-02, 00:38:03
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And to think I once thought of winter as gray! It was an art teacher who taught me to see the colors within colors. Then two long years of winters in Estonia as a Peace Corps volunteer gave me LOTS of time to practice seeing the colors of winter. Now those colors are some of my favorites of the whole year. This photo is the ground under a post oak, covered as always with acorns and sticks, and this time of year, in lovely colors of moss, grass and acorns.
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Posted by Leigh Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2007-12-31, 00:09:52
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"Something about and old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget." ~ Hugh Downs
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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2007-12-31, 00:09:39
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Most things are hibernating during the winter. Even we tend to huddle up to the fires of the hearth and want to rest during winter. But that doesn't mean we should stop gardening. Gardening in winter? What...how do you do that, the kids may ask. There are many ways to get gardening stuff done in winter. . . .
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Posted by Katina Mooneyham Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening, winter on 2007-12-30, 00:11:09
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It's early days so we still think the snow is pretty
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Posted by J.P. Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2007-12-28, 20:49:51
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Posted by La Gringa Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants, winter on 2007-12-26, 00:21:49
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Sorry, no spectacular lighting displays have been documented so far—I just haven’t had the inclination to drive around at night getting them. But while doing some errands on foot this afternoon, it did strike me what a great effect a thin dusting of new snow can have. Like above, where this fancy evergreen hybrid (I am not sure what it is) is outlined against the house. Or this frosted ironwork. . . .
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Posted by EAL Reblogged by Old Roses to weather, winter on 2007-12-26, 00:21:19
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 May you, in that silent space between breaths, draw upon some moment of utter beauty, some gift gran
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I found a few gardening Christmas ornaments on my tree (which is finally trimmed)! I realized I have lots (and lots) of bird ornaments, mostly cardinals, and other nature focused ornaments but just a few gardening ornaments. See if you can read the words on the cover of the book on the windowsill! The clapper on the bunny bell is a trowel...interesting that a lot of my ornaments have bunnies...maybe because I've had no negative experiences with them in my garden. 
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to whimsy, winter on 2007-12-26, 00:19:58
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 Soon, the close of what has been a needed Advent of blessings, and tomorrow ...
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Posted by Petunia's Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2007-12-26, 00:18:49
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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to winter on 2007-12-26, 00:16:31
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Merry Christmas to all TAS readers and contributers form everyone here at Longcarse Farm Cottage! We hope you have a happy, safe and prosperous 2008, full of joy and love!...
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