2007-02-27T18:09:00.009Z

THE WINTER CALENDAR

The winter calendar, as you can see, invites brevity. The yellow witch-hazel is blooming and the reddish pink imperial crown bush, Viburnum Bod. ‘Dawn’, has bloomed since December, that’s about it. Not much about which to write anywhere. The garden looks beautiful all covered in snow, of course, but otherwise, the advantages of it are negligible, I’d say. Garden correspondents in particular have more fun in the spring. Our local garden columnist has suggested all kinds of winter activities to fill his weekly space - like admiring the naked crowns of the trees - but he is sublimating, I think, while, heroically, earning an honest buck at the same time.

2007-01-29T15:20:00.029Z

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One of the things I enjoy most about the view from the house is that it
is without time markers. The plants in the garden have been natives of
the area for centuries just as the stakes on the drying ground have been
standing there - or some like them - since the time of Canute.
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Calvesgarden Calendar 3