This is the first year this small tree has had so many blooms.
Another photo, for scale. Amazing!
Author: Susan
Gymnosporangium Juniperi-Virginianae
A close up of what cedar-apple rust looks like. They’re not necessarily bad for the juniper, but can infect apple trees as far as a mile away, so we try to remove as many as possible. Another thing that looks like it’s from a distant planet!
Juniperous Virginia…Ornaments?
What are these orange thingies hanging off the eastern red cedar, we wondered? Turns out, they’re an undesirable gelatinous fungus known as cedar-apple rust, perhaps a result of all the unusually wet weather we’ve been having lately.
Otter
One morning we woke up to find an otter swimming in the pond!
Juniper Gets Haircut
It was worth taking a shot at turning this Blue Point Juniper into a spiral topiary. It’s never been pruned, so I’m using the ribbon as a guide, just taking off a little bit.
Unrecognizable Terrain
It looks like another planet! A white birch, left, is completely bent over to the ground. Amazingly, this tree did recover later.
Icy Winter Storm
Winter storms with lots of heavy, wet snow and ice are really tough on evergreen boughs. I often go out and try to knock off as much weight as I can with a long-handled shovel or broom.
Beautiful Winter Day
The view from the east side of the pond as the sun is lower in the sky on a January afternoon.
Pond is Full Again
After last year’s drought, we didn’t think we’d ever see our pond full again. Thankfully, it is!
Staghorn Sumac in Winter
The plume flowers of rhus typhina retain their reddish hue on New Year’s Day.
