The Runcible Existentialist

This weekend has been gray and dreary – typical Winter – but not cold enough for my liking.  In mid-December, though, it got quite cold for a few days – upper 20s.  Cold enough that most of my perennials died off.  And last week, it got down to 18 degrees for a couple of nights, killing off the rest.

I took that as my cue to start afresh in 2017.  I pulled out everything from all the beds except the major architectural plants.  I’ll start amending the soil (or at least trying – it’s probably a lost cause at this point) and hopefully replanting in April after the live oak leaf drop/pollen explosion is done with.  But here’s the current state affairs…a bit bleak.

The Back Yard – 15 January 2017

The East Bed – waiting for vines and ground cover

The North Bed – A clean slate

Fannie

Mable – a bit blurry – she never sits still

The Naked Elm Tree

The Holly Tree