I have said it before but the late Suzy Bales, a garden writer I appreciated so much, was the one who first really got me to look at the garden in winter quite differently. Her book The Garden in Winter: Plant for Beauty and Interest in The Quiet Season is still one of my favorite books and a bit dog eared at this point.
I also somewhere still have Rosemary Verey’s book The Garden in Winter.
Anyway, the winter garden has its own unique beauty. And the hush of new fallen snow adds to the magic.
My greenhouse is kind of snowed in right now. We have had some crazy cold nights and I have not been inside it in a few days so I am not sure how it will be when I do move the snow since it’s unheated.
I am of course also now wondering how my little fig trees will fare. I decided NOT to wrap them up this year for winter protection. So nature will take her course. Hopefully the new shrubs I planted a week ago will also be ok.
I sprayed for deer again before the snow came at the end of the week and hopefully they are finding other spots to munch.
Stop and appreciate your garden in the snow. It’s also interesting because it’s more structural. It’s also a great time of year to imagine what you might want where.
I can tell you that I need to trim my giant Rugosa rose again. She’s a beautiful beast. Blanc Double de Coubert.
What do you see in your winter garden?
the nightgown gardener 
I love the mystery tracks in the snow. Birds, cats, squirrels. You can tell a bird landed as there is only one hole. Sometimes their little 3 pointed toe imprints are left. The cat tracks head for shelter under the pine branches and back out. Their private privy. The squirrel tracks run to a tree and stop. The deer in our woods have abandoned the area due to the clean out last summer of underlying growth. So many interesting patterns one normally misses without the snow. Your photographs are appreciated.
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