It happened while we were all asleep,
Snow had fallen – six feet deep.
The temperature was ten below,
All the roads were blocked with snow.
No school today, the tv said,
Stay at home in your cozy bed.
So I quickly dressed
And jumped on my sled. (Caryn Yacowitz)
Do you remember the days of hoping for snow days when we were supposed to stay inside but instead enjoyed playing in the snow because there was no school, just as the child talked about in this poem? Snow days meant fun and were free of worries. Read more »
After the coldest winter in recent memory, plummeting temperatures along with high winds left many plants with cases of winter burn. There are three causes of winter burn: low soil moisture, freezing temperatures, and harsh wind. When these three factors are in place, plants lose water from their leaves faster then they can replace it (transpiration). With that being said, one can probably guess that massive plant damage took place over this past winter.
This community walkway in Northern Virginia was in need of an overhaul, so we decided to give it a splash of color with a variety of flower plantings. In the foreground, you can see Rudbeckia Goldsturm Black-Eyed Susans. Just beyond the walkway are red, white, pink green leaf Begonias that give the landscape continuity, as they repeat the color scheme that throughout the entire property.