Contemporary Snow in Heidi’s Connecticut Backyard

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Our landscapes are ever-evolving and by no means the identical from season to season, however right here at Backyard Picture of the Day there are particular gardens I’ve come to affiliate with particular occasions of yr or a selected palette of crops. Carla Zambelli Mudry has a fabulous four-season backyard, however her woodland panorama immediately conjures photos of her huge spring bulb assortment (Early Spring Flowers in Carla’s Backyard). An array of fascinating crops present year-round curiosity in Cherry Ong’s backyard, however I discover myself imagining her panorama bathed in fiery fall hues (Cherry’s October Backyard in British Columbia) extra usually then not. And once I see a submission from Heidi Weirether in Redding, Connecticut, I’m instantly consider peak season flowers. We’ve seen her backyard filled with shiny blooms in spring, summer season and fall (take a look at a few of these earlier submissions: Heidi’s Flowers in Connecticut, Peak Season in Heidi’s Backyard, Heidi’s Could Backyard, September in Heidi’s Backyard, and extra), however right this moment we’re getting a glimpse her panorama as we have now by no means seen it earlier than: drenched in white after a recent snow.

I assumed I’d share just a little slice of my winter backyard with you.

Enclosed you’ll discover a couple of pictures of my backyard swathed in recent, glowing snow. I made a decision to depart the decorative grasses standing this yr, hoping they’ll present just a little winter buffet for the birds. You’ll be able to see a couple of of the feathered guests perched among the many decorative grasses. To observe their tiny heads bobbing as they peck on the seed heads is a straightforward pleasure, however watching them chew away on the winter chill all the time brings a smile to my face.

We’re used to seeing Heidi’s backyard bathed in a beautiful array of colours and crammed with many fabulous flowers, however these quiet winter scenes are magical in their very own means. The twisting shapes created by branches and marvelous mounds of grasses and stems are the proper types to gather fairly piles of snow.

A beautiful instance of the birds which have visited and loved Heidi’s decorative grasses. Two dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) actually stand out amongst the recent white snow and dried golden grass.

In the course of the rising season, the mature bushes round Heidi’s property change into a beautiful backdrop for the colour and curiosity she cultivates inside her backyard. In the course of the winter, these huge evergreens change into the celebs.

An previous {photograph} of Boo my beloved canine taken throughout a winter a few years in the past.

Thanks a lot for sharing these fantastic winter backyard moments with us, Heidi! It’s fascinating to see your area in such a unique gentle, however I’m not stunned to search out that your quiet time of yr remains to be crammed with enchanting plant magnificence.

If in case you have photographed fantastic winter moments out of your backyard, we’d like to see them! Alternatively, if you want to maneuver on from snowy scenes and need to sit up for spring coloration, contemplate sharing pictures of final yr’s spring backyard as we rely down the times to the primary blooms of the season. Submissions are inclined to dry up throughout the month of March, so any backyard pictures you want to share are vastly appreciated and permit the weblog to maintain going. Comply with the NEW instructions beneath to submit your pictures to Backyard Picture of the Day!

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