It's going to be a while before I can get any new pix - as you can see, we've still a bit of thawing to get through (and we're expecting another 12"-16" tomorrow.

Hi Kate. How wonderful to hear from you. I love your end of winter photos, thank you so much for posting them.
When does your spring time finally arrive?

Beautiful pics Kate. I've always heard Vermont is a beautiful state. I've never been there, but the pics are great. Please send more when things start to grow. Good to hear from you.

Hi Kate, good to hear from you again. Every time our snow melts we get another snow storm.

Wow, still snow covered! Can't wait to see what they look like this spring! I love the base of that tree.

Wouldn't it be fun to go there Terri. I think I would take a sack lunch and spend the entire day.

I used to do that at Squaw Mountain Gardens, unfortunately you can't do that anymore. : (

Revisiting this post, I'm amazed at the sheer numbers of each variety that Kate has in the raised beds. Kate, how many kinds do you have?

Waiting to hear the answer Jacki.

BlueFox said:Revisiting this post, I'm amazed at the sheer numbers of each variety that Kate has in the raised beds. Kate, how many kinds do you have?

I have plus or minus 110 varieties. But about a dozen and a half are unknowns as far as the names go. They are all quite lovely, but the names are a mystery. The remainder are all named varieties.

I'm always up for trading for ones I don't have. And always happy to entertain visitors. It's a good idea to call ahead since I'm usually working in other peoples' gardens during the week. I also have guest rooms available for those who enjoy the 'farm stay' sort of vacation.

That would be an added treat!!!

I dream of waking up to the sound of Sempervivum singing...

Oh, No!!!!!!♫♪

So, anyone coming to visit this season? I have lots of newly-divided beds and have actually made one bed that is all Arachnoidenums. Wish I had the time to make all the beds so organized. Anyone know of a site that lists all the nomenclature for the named varieties of semps?

Is this what you are looking for Kate? There are several sites and two of them have photos of each cultivar. http://cubits.org/sedumandsemp...

Am currently up to plus or minus 150 named semps and jovis and still (remarkably) have a few empty spots. I'll take more photos tomorrow and post 'em here. You'll be able to compare and contrast to this older pix.

Kate that looks so lovely!

Kate, I just love that old photo.

Here's todays photo: same vantage point. Biggest differences? Tree is gone and flowers along the brook are so tall that they hide the enormous semp grouping around the tree stump.

Miss that lovely tree. What happened to it? Does the brook every overflow it's banks?
I love the view. How do you every keep up with all of that Kate?

The tree had become a hazard - large black locusts often have multiple leaders. As the tree matures the stems separate and pull away from one another. This one had separated so much that I could see the house THROUGH the trunk of the tree. Thus, the hazard designation. It was one strong storm away from coming down all on its own.

No, the brook has never overflowed. But, sometimes in the winter it will run on top of the snow and ice and make a whopping icy mess.

Keep up with it?? It's neverending and I work at it 7 days a week.

Here is todays photo of the raised beds: taken from a tall ladder; followed by pix of the individual beds.






These 2 photos are of beds that run perpendicularly to the ones from the 'ladder pic' and do not show from the ladder vantage point.




This is the tree stump. Many have been removed this season as it was becoming difficult to walk past without stepping on 'em.

Cannot get the individual bed pix to load. Guessing it's too many for a single post. Will add 'em next.