Saturday, November 30, 2013

November

November is probably the dreariest month in the garden, featuring shorter days, gray skies, and brown leaves or bare branches. And there's not yet a snow cover to hide the bare ground. That's why we have holidays.

Precipitation: Approximately 4 inches
Average precipitation: 4.4 inches

"The penalty for planting the wrong thing in the wrong place is death." –Cassandra Danz 

Annuals ahead of the first frost 11/3/13
 
Perhaps just one more brood before winter?... 11/2/13






...Preparing the nest box? 11/2/13

Then again, perhaps not! 11/2/13






Norway maple 11/2/13

 

  









"The End" for the hosta garden 11/2/13







Japanese maple 11/2/13

Pin oak 11/3/13

November sky 11/3/13




Vole trail 11/11/13
Vole trail 11/11/13























Chinese privet 11/11/13

 
A vinca bloom! 11/11/13




The last annual?... 11/11/13































































The dandelion is almost eternal. 11/23/13


Where the hosta border "used to be" 11/23/13
















Winterberry 11/24/13


Norway maples are completely bare... 11/24/13

...but my new pin oak has barely shed a leaf. 11/24/13