December 8th, 2009

The first snow at the farm

I was following the weather reports intently over the weekend because there were strong indications that we would be receiving our first snowfall of the season.  I was so happy that I wasn’t traveling and that I would be home at my farm to capture this event.
I was especially excited to try out my new Canon 5D Mark II.  How do you think I did?

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1 At exactly 7:05 AM Sunday, the farm was still mostly gray, but with pink overtones.

2 The parterre garden outside the kitchen door, had been partially prepared for burlapping - but the task was not complete when the snow came.

3 Everything was coated with snow and ice.

4 The apple espaliers were so beautiful with the white coating and the sky just blushing pink.

5 The unplowed road looked bleak.

6 The white cedar fencing always looks great with a covering of snow.

7 The corn crib

8 The biggest of the old apple trees

9 The little potting she is now surrounded by taxodiums. (bald cypress trees)

10 This is my granite pergola, which supports clematis and wisteria.

11 A newly planted greafted weeping hornbeam

12 The haybarn and the persimmon trees

13 A closeup view of the spruce fencing

14 The stable in first daylight

15 The equipment shed looms very large in the landscape.

16 Ice covered branches

17 The pergola and Rose of Shron hedge

18 The blueberries were completely ice covered.

19 The icy, glistening blueberry rows

20 The pawpaw trees on the right have dropped their fruit.

21 The garden fencing looked so wonderful coated in icy snow.

22 The sycamore grove with the rising sun behind at 7:30ish

23 I was walking through the snow in boots, nightgown, and big down-filled parka.

24 The raspberry patch covered in snow

25 The cold frame

26 The bee hives have been surrounded with a windbreak of hay.

27 The hives are protected from north, south, and west winds. They face the east, which is their egress and access. I did not barricade that.

28 A better view of the hives, wrapped with tar paper

29 The hives are pretty snug amidst the hay.

30 The skies are beginning to brighten.

31 There are lots of filbert trees and quince seedling trees near the hives.

32 More berries

33 The greenhouse head house is surrounded by gardens of gooseberries.

34 The 'Japanese' container garden has been wrapped with straw.

35 The gooseberries have yet to be pruned for next spring's fruiting.

36 An ornamental bench

37 This is the shade pergola, under which I place the sun-intolerant plants in the summer.

38 The gym building

39 This is one of the giant urns, wrapped for the winter, in plastic covered with burlap.

40 The garden gates were so enticing in their icy cover.

41 This is the road to the woodland, through the pin oak allee.

42 The pergola turned a pinkish hue in the early sunrise.

43 The sun began its rising at about 7:50.

44 Things started to brighten considerably as the sun rose.

45 The taxodium really looked good with the icy coating.

46 A lone weeping beech in the croquet lawn

47 This is a magnificently pruned apple in front of the corn crib.

48 The giant boxwoods burdened with icy snow

49 This is my favorite view of the fields.

50 The burlap teepees protect the boxwoods and prevent breakage of their branches under heavy snow.

51 Some of the boxwood were wrapped, others are still uncovered, but the bamboo indicates they will be wrapped.

52 You can see how damaging the snow can be.

53 The stone paths look great as the snow melts from the stones.

54 This huge stone is from a grinding mill.

55 A view towards the vegetable patch

56 The nyssa tree is a haven for the birds.

57 A lone finch sitting, waiting

58 Sharkey waiting at the door for me to return from my icy, snowy, photographic expedition - I was so cold!

59 I turned and could not resist a few more photos.

60 So exquisite

61 How pink everything became!

62 The waning moon was still visible.

63 Another look at the complex bamboo structure, over which the burlap is placed, to protect the box and the teucrium from dessicating harsh winter winds and heavy snows.

64 The summer house looked great a few minutes later as the sunlight started to strike its facade.

65 One of the hornbeam hedges

66 The birdbath - not yet wrapped

67 Another weeping hornbeam

68 A stone ornament wrapped for winter protection

69 This is one of the seargent crab apples in the landscape.

70 Here are the stable chestnuts and the beginning of the boxwood allee.

71 These are the popovers I made for breakfast.

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