day 52 ...icy wonderland...

We got some thunder sleet last night....we even got a little pea size hail as well....it is still raining right now....got a few limbs downs...from trees that need to come down anyways....
I went outside and got some pictures of the icy wonderland....

 

The row of pink ad purple rose of Sharon`s

                                                                         My garden

 

just a tree that is by Blackberry Lane

 

The back of the toilet

 

My Japonicus euonymus

 

 

Crimson barberry

                                                              Adams needle yucca

 

Purple Rose of Sharon

 

entryway to Blackberry fields

 

My lilac shrub

 

I sure will be glad when Sprig is here and we have no more winter weather...

 

It is still raining and still sticking to the trees by in the way of ice, also sticking everywhere else in the way of ice.

 

I hope you all

ENJOY!

Day 51....

A good thing to do with your wood stove ashes....put them in your garden....I know there is a rasied bed here somewhere....

 

Where did my two raised beds go...

 

just another picture of my Garden....

 

 

Adams Needle Yucca in the snow

 

 

My Golden Euonymus in the snow

I planted it last year

 

I hope you

ENJOY~

Day 50....

well today pictures will mostly inside as well...brrr its only 18 degrees outside and the ground is covered with snow....

 

I have a sweet banana pepper sprouting

 

a cayenne pepper making its appearance

 

   I don't think I have enough....oldest told hubby, "I think mom is trying to make a greenhouse in the house

 

I unburied baby Jesus, didn't think he needed to be covered with snow

 

This is what I asked for valentines day....A daylily and hollyhock.....the Blackberry and cream daylily and pink double bloom hollyhocks...now it just needs to warm up so I can plant these outside....

                            nothing is really going in the garden right now , its covered in snow.

                              I did plant some more though, candy tuft, cherry tomatoes, rose of Sharon's....
                               peppers.......

                                                              I hope you all
                                                                ENJOY!

 

Day 49.....

Can you say Brrrrr...it is bitterly cold outside today, so I took some inside pictures for the day....

 

Just a few of my house plants..

                                    Rose of Sharon`s sprouting up, yes that is a milk jug and plastic bag

 

And now some snow in the summer sprouting up...

Planning on planting this is the baby bathtub...to look like bubbles

 

I hope you all

ENJOY!

Day 48....just some snow pictures...

Thought you all might enjoy some snow pictures.....

just a few pictures of the ice on the weeds, this way looks pretty....

 

Our road

 

 

Cedar in snow

                                                   Just a few bird tracks

                                                        Cardinal...

 

Haybales with snow

 

                                                 a paved road close to the house

 

Birds

 

The snow looked pretty then the picture projects...

 

I hope you all

ENJOY!

 

 

Day 47 ....snow.....

Yes we got snow here last night, it started with just sleet then overnight the snow came....we have about 9 inches of snow....

 

Heeni , I thought was protected from getting snow on her....not...

                                             Upper portion of Angel garden

 

my angel garden in snow

 

Just a cedar in snow

 

one of the beds in Blackberry fields...cant hardly see the two little girls, ( figurines)

 

Strawberry fields

 

Veggie land

 

blackberry lane...just a few

 

I hope you all

ENJOY!

Day 46....

I know it is probably a little late  collecting some of these seeds, but, I came to the party a little late on seed collecting, and I couldn't help myself....
So this post will be able some of the seeds I worked on today, this morning...it is bitterly cold outside today and the wind makes it much colder ...are expecting snow today as well...so tomorrow post will be maybe snow pictures....

 

I collected some magnolia tree seed pods, the first on icollect, I thought was some seeds ...was so excited about it, then I got to looking on the internet and nope no seeds, so when I went back to the place I collected the first one at...I made sure I got a seed pod with red seeds that I could see. I read on the internet that they need to soak for 24 hours so the red seed cover will come off easier....the above picture is the seeds soaking before I removed the red seed cover

The seed covers were easy to take off after soaking them for 24 hours.....these came from one seed pod....they was alittle hard to remove from the seed pod....some of them were....

The seeds after I removed the red covering from them...and cleaned them as well...I am trying three ways of planting them according to the internet( things I read) the seeds to need to be cold stratified....so I put a few of the on a paper towel and moisten it and put in the frig.I also put some potting mix into a baggie and then place the seeds...the next way was I used a soda bottle and added some dirt and then place some seeds in the soil and moisten the soil and tape the top back on and place outside , since it is winter here in the Ozarks.....What I have read on the internet, it takes anywhere from 3-6 months before they spout up.....

 

So I decided to pick some of these red berries

 

Here are the ones I picked

 

They were easier then the magnolia tree seeds to release the seeds ....I plan on planting these in the same manner after I rinse them and let them soak alittle in warm water....What I have read on the internet they need to be cold stratified as well........

 

Just Two of my make shift greenhouses AKA fish aquariums ....I also use Ziploc baggies for greenhouse...

 

I hope you all

ENJOY!