It's Spring so Let's Peruse the Seed Catalogues!

Park Seed Company,  Michigan Bulb Company, Henry Fields, Territorial Seed Company, Schrieners and Stark Bros. are catalogs shown here.

Despite the fact that Spring is officially here, we woke up to below freezing temperatures and a layer of snow and ice!  It seemed like the perfect day to sit down with my accumulated seed catalogs and place a few orders. 

The Winter Garden

The winter garden is a special garden.  Alive in it's own way.  Perhaps not as colorful as the spring or summer place but quiet and beautiful.  Peaceful.  It's a haven for many birds.  I don't cut back my perennials until the spring because there are so many birds that love them off-season.  Cardinals, woodpeckers of several varieties, blue jays, even blue birds come to feed in the garden.  Before a recent snowstorm there were over forty goldfinches feeding, while an estimated eighty robins enjoyed breakfast under the crab apple tree.  An occasional squirrel visits us and we realize they have to eat too.  I'd like to share photos of our gardens taken on various winter days over the years.

 

 

For information on how to attract birds to your garden, contact the National Audubon Society.

We may be sorry to see the winter garden fade away, but we have this to look forward to.