A Garden in Winter

I went to visit Country Girl today. She's still having problems with her computer so it may be a while yet until she is back to posting here. So allow me to show you her garden in winter.

Not much to see in the front garden. I can't believe you can still see her foundation. Lake Effect is not living up to it's name this year but she's not complaining! Her porch is the place to be in the summer.

The heart in the side garden adds interest.

Not much going on in the green house or out in the vegetable garden.

Franklin went outside with me.

These geese are overwintering near the brook in front of the sunflower field.

Mischief

When we washed the outdoor furniture last weekend, I decided to wash up the flower boxes and put them out early even if I couldn't put flowers in them. I should have known Franklin would find them interesting. Ron had been on the front porch reading and poked his head in to say, "you should see what your cat is doing." "My cat? What happened to our cat?" I went to see what was up and of course it was Franklin. He decided the flower box was a great hiding place!

Hi Everyone, I'm Country Girl, Apple's Sister

I thought I would tell you a little about myself for my first post. As Apple told you, my husband and I have a small farm in zone four. He grew up on a farm and always dreamed of having a little land. We have 43 acres which is plenty for the two of us, his daughter Liz and our two cats Franklin and Princess! We are blessed with a creek that borders the property and have fun floating in it in the summer months. I didn't start gardening until we moved here. The couple that lived here for the 50 years before us loved to garden and left us some wonderful surprises! We moved in, in December so I had no idea of all the wonderful plants that would bloom as spring turned to fall. I had never gardened much before so it took me a while to figure out what the plants were that were already here and of course, I've add some new ones! My husband, enjoys puttering in the vegetable garden that seems to get bigger every year while I focus on the flowers. Franklin and Princess love to go out and lay in the sun in the summer. Franklin also loves to help us type so any misspellings you see from me are probably typos I will blame on him! Since blogging is all new to me, Apple added a photo of the creek and our cats below. Someday, I too will be able to add a photo!