Hi everyone. Happy Friday. Today I'm linking up to Nicole's Friday Face Off and Gillena's Friday Lunch Break.
It's been a mostly cold week at my house, and even though we did get a tiny bit of rain on Wednesday, it still looks a lot like winter. Today I'm sharing some of those winter views, mostly from around my yard.
From this angle my greenhouse looks cold and empty.
But the inside is actually a disaster zone. 😈 I moved a few things in here to store them for the winter and a few of the plants I was keeping in here have since died. As expected. But I did get basil to last into November which was great since if you're familiar with this plant, it is very susceptible to cold. On the ground you can see some kale that needed a bit of water and is still hanging on, as well as some garlic. I hope I can get both of them through the winter since they're very hardy plants. (But time will tell.)
And the frost made some cool patterns on the "window" panels.
The bees are all snug in their hive for the winter. We put up a frame protective structure around them to help keep the wind off of them, wind being far worse than snow on them since with wind they can't maintain the high hive temperature they need to survive.
And so far so good. The other day I found they had done a bit of hive cleaning and whisked out some dead bees onto the snow. (As they should on warmer days.)
And here's some faces for Friday Face Off. My daughter took this photo and sent it to us. Here's her husband (my son-in-law) and the Godzilla snowman he made. I love how he added claws and teeth to it.
Then a couple days later she sent along this photo. The deer didn't know what to make of Godzilla.
Speaking of deer, this one was eating some bird food I scattered on the ground the other day. I'm just glad he didn't reach up and pull the feeders down. And excuse the darkness, but it was later in the day and getting dark when I noticed him.
And the other day these 2 decided my lunch smelled delicious.
That's it for me. Have a super Friday and weekend ahead.
6 comments:
Hmmmm... kale!!! Still in the freezer here - for chips! Thank you for the reminder!
Frost sure is a great artist!
Best of luck for your bees! Wow... they throw out dead bees themselves? I hope there was some kind of funeral by them.... reckon rather not...
To Godzilla (and your SIL) - LOL, poor deer, dear!
Oh. She really is blind... but can still smell - did you share?
Have a happy Friday, hugs
It's been 12 years since I've experienced a real winter like yours. It was nice seeing your photos of it. Good luck with the kale and garlic--fingers crossed they make it!
Gosh...so much snow...and we have really mild winter here...it feels almost like early spring. How cool is that deer visiting your back yard!
Growing your own herbs is a great idea. Apart from basil, what else do you grow well?
Our parsley is always tasty
Good morning, I enjoyed all the photos. I love your greenhouse-a perfect size too. Fun snowman and I wonder what the deer were thinking haha
Happy Friday and weekend hugs Kathy
Lovely photos, it feels like January already doesn't it? So cold already.
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