My Garden: A Year In Review

Each month I write a post on my garden. I share what’s going on in the garden and post pictures of how the garden looks. As I look outside this week and see a white world with everything covered with snow it is nice to look back at the progression of the garden.

Winter has arrived!
Winter has arrived!

Here is a quick trip through the last 12 months in the garden.

Janaury 2013 Sometimes the post is nothing more than a review of what’s happened the previous year.

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Time to reflect on your past gardening year.

February 2012 Sometimes it’s looking for beauty in the world around me.

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Beauty

March 2013 Often is preparing for the upcoming gardening season.

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Vegetable Seedlings

April 2013 As spring approaches you can finally see signs of life outside.

It's been a good sugaring season.
It’s been a good sugaring season.

May 2013 All of a sudden the flowers are everywhere and the gardening season begins anew!

Rhubarb Patch
Rhubarb Patch

June 2013 In June the mountains and fields turn green There is new growth everywhere in Vermont.

June in Vermont
June in Vermont

July 2013
July was a very wet month in 2013, it seemed like the sun didn’t shine for weeks! As a result the weeds took over but we did harvest strawberries!

Strawberries!
Strawberries!

August 2013 In August we finally began to harvest vegetables from the garden.

Garlic drying
Garlic drying

September 2013 September in Vermont begins to feel like fall. the garden is still producing but the nights get colder. Won’t be long before we experience the first frost.

Heading into pumpkin season!
Heading into pumpkin season!

October 2013 by October the garden has been put to bed and the beauty is found in the colors of the hillsides around us.

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November 2013 In November I focus on my houseplants.

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Cyclamen

December 2013 As we head into the cold, winter months I am rewarded with the blooming flowers inside the house!

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Orchids

Soon the gardening catalogs will be arriving in my mailbox and I can once again look forward to another gardening season.

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