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