Looking out at the first snowfall of the season here in Minnesota, quite late in the season. It always brings out a lot of mixed feelings but it is what it is. This will be our first winter in our new home (85 years!) and as I gaze out those windows that I had hoped to get replaced already will be able to study where the snow accumulates or doesn't, the prevailing winds and all the ways the climate effects the future plans. I barely got all the pots of plants from our old home transplanted into one of the old garden beds for the winter. I also dug up most of the plants and overgrown shrubs from around the new house and either divided them, gave them away or found better spots for them temporarily. I know next year we will be doing major rehab on the exterior of the house so won't be able to plant or have plants along the exterior sides. This has been a difficult year for this garden junkie with so much work to do and so little time ( or $) to do it right now. I did manage to get a long border along the front of the property started with perennials and mixed shrubs I salvaged from the property also the future site of a fence line to keep the kids and critters safe from the road. It looks pretty puny right now but I can see that it has a lot of potential for the vision I have in my head.
One of the brightest spots for this grandma was my little 2 1/2 year old grandson (just a few miles away now) busy helping with all of the garden projects. It fills my heart with delight to see him following in his mama's footsteps as my best garden buddy. Plus we are apparently going to be grandparents again in the spring
with a new brother or sister expected in mid May. Life is sweet!
