An Early March Snowfall
Daylight Saving Time begins this coming Sunday, March 13th - that’s just three days away, when we all advance our clocks one-hour in order to make better use of natural daylight in the warmer months.
This season’s winter weather has been extremely erratic. Last weekend, we had a day of beautiful warm weather with temperatures nearing 70-degrees Fahrenheit. And then yesterday, our area was hit with snow and rain. This particular snow was wet, heavy, and only accumulated a couple of inches, but still really quite beautiful.
Enjoy these photos.
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- The snow started falling by 10am. It came down fast and strong, but because the temperatures were hovering around 35-degrees Fahrenheit, there wasn’t much accumulation – only a couple of inches by day’s end. Here are three of my five donkeys keeping watch from their run-in shed. Billie, Jude “JJ” Junior, and Truman “TJ” Junior. Clive and Rufus are out grazing underneath the falling snow.
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- Majestic trees stand tall in the middle field with smaller saplings growing below.
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- A little further down the carriage road, one can see a bit of color in this grove of golden yellow weeping willows. Look closely and see the visiting geese – geese love to gather here at Cantitoe Corners.
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- This is a picture of my field of Christmas trees – they have all grown so much! They were all just little saplings when I planted them 13-years ago. I planted a total of 640 Christmas trees in this field – White Pine, Frasier Fir, Canaan Fir, Norway Spruce, and Blue Spruce.
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- In the back hayfield is this mighty sycamore – the symbol of my farm.
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- Here’s a stand of dawn redwoods, Metasequoia, with their straight trunks – impressive trees by any standard, and beautiful in any season. Thankfully, the wind was not very strong, so none of the trees lost any branches.
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- The streams in the woodland were all full.
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- Here’s a view looking at my Summer House from the footpath of the sunken garden. The boxwood hedges are still well protected under their burlap covers.
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- The pachysandra is almost unrecognizable under this thin coating of white.
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- This is my herbaceous peony bed at rest – I cannot wait to see it overflowing with white and pink peony blooms this year. One can still see the outline of the beds through the snow.
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- One one side of my long and winding pergola is a lone weeping copper beech with its interesting branches. When leafed out it shows off rich, dark purple foliage.
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- This corn crib has been here since I purchased the farm. Located near my Winter House and long pergola, it’s become a favorite photo for guests who visit. The allee of lindens runs perpendicular to the Boxwood Allee that leads to my stable. This view is between the paddocks looking north.
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- Across from the clematis pergola is a stand of bald cypress trees, Taxodium distichum, surrounding my Basket House.
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- And on one side of this “soccer field” are six weeping hornbeams, Carpinus betulus Pendula. These are such graceful and shapely specimen trees, very densely branched and adaptable to various soil conditions.
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- My blueberry pergola is located between my hay barn and my flower cutting garden. These bushes are so prolific during summer – they produce lots and lots of delicious, juicy blueberries.
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- Here is a view of my large Equipment Barn. The finials on top are antique. I bought them years back. They are perfect for this structure, don’t you agree?
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- Here is a view from one of the main intersections of the farm – to the left is my long boxwood allee, and to the right is the path to the woodlands and straight ahead is this grove of American beech trees and the antique fencing surrounding one of the horse paddocks.
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- When putting up the burlap, we always make holes for the birds who wish to take refuge in inclement weather. I wonder if any are in there now.
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- The great eastern white pines from a distance. They can be seen from many vantage points at the farm.
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- Hundreds of young boxwood are growing in this garden. I order them as bare root cuttings and then nurture them for several years before transplanting them to their more permanent locations.
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- This layer of snow will fall or melt off the boxwood covered frames, but I am glad they are all still protected. The outdoor grounds crew did such a wonderful job constructing these protective tents this year. Today is expected to hit 50-degrees Fahrenheit, and more snow may come this weekend. Winter is not quite over yet, but spring does start in just 10-days.
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