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<\/a><\/p>\nThese were cherry leaves and the ribs were wonderfully outlined with frost crystals. \u00a0Only the shaded areas of the garden had much frost left by the time I made my way outside. \u00a0It turned out to be a beautiful day, and the perfect day for me to tackle the final 2015 lawn mow. \u00a0I love the final lawn mow of the year\u2013it is like vacuuming the lawn! \u00a0All those leaves, blown in from all over the neighborhood, chewed up and spit back on the lawn to support it for next year.<\/p>\n I saw a mystery from the front window this morning\u2013a white rose blooming out by the street. \u00a0This is one of the rose plants that Leon dug up from his late mother\u2019s garden. \u00a0The \u00a0surprise is that this poor hybrid tea was one of the victims of Leon\u2019s flash-weeding in the summer and I thought for sure it was dead! \u00a0Instead, it looks like this:<\/p>\n The veggie garden had some fun things to see\u2013Borage flowers that I just can\u2019t resist:<\/p>\n These were complemented beautifully by the yellow calendulas in the same bed:<\/p>\n The wonderberries are mostly ripe now and I\u2019m thinking of picking a bunch of them and freezing them for smoothies:<\/p>\n I took some more Coral Bark Maple pics, too\u2013just losing the last of their brilliant foliage, but still spectacular against the bluest skies you\u2019ve ever seen:<\/p>\n Here are some pictures from inside the greenhouse. \u00a0It was so warm in there today, but I have the fans going and opened the door mid-day.<\/p>\n Stuffed completely (almost)!<\/p>\n For some reason, some of the Masdevallias are blooming:<\/p>\n The Cymbidium buds look healthy still and bug-free and I watered them well today. \u00a0I\u2019ll fertilize them again next weekend.<\/p>\n The Pleione is beautifully deciduous, even in the greenhouse!<\/p>\n Some other random pics from the greenhouse\/garden:<\/p>\n These potatoes came up in the veggie garden right where I had planted the alpine strawberries. \u00a0They seem a bit confused as to timing\u2026<\/p>\n Matricarias \u00a0blooming in a pot near the Doug fir bed. \u00a0These are one of my favorite volunteer plants\u2013cheerful and neat and easy to manage.<\/p>\n These don\u2019t show too well, but they are Cotoneasters that I grew from seed several years ago and am training for bonsai. \u00a0They color up so brightly with yellow\/red\/orange mixed in with fresh green.<\/p>\n Here is the cold frame full of bulb pots for later forcing. \u00a0The mixed weather will help speed up root growth, but I will need to insulate these soon to keep them from trying to sprout before they have a good foundation.<\/p>\n \n<\/p> <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It looked like we had a pretty hard frost on Tuesday morning, but my frost barometer, the dahlias, remain unimpressed. \u00a0They are still green and upright and not the black mush that is the truest sign that we\u2019ve dipped below freezing. \u00a0There was frost on the ground again today and I took some pictures. These … Continue reading Light Frost and Thanksgiving Flowers<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n