Joanne's Cottage Garden: WINTER FAIRYLAND

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

WINTER FAIRYLAND

Winter fairyland

The Box edgeing helps to keep interest in a winter vegetable garden.

Frost and sun competing for interest.

Roses with winter ice dresses.

Swiss Chard looking rather attractive with it's silvery edges.

My two garden helpers Mike and Beth.

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inmykitchen24 November 2010 at 13:36
The frost on the roses looks like delicate sugar frosting.
Lovely
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Charlotte Weychan24 November 2010 at 13:51
Looks wonderful Joanne, but I'm really pleased to be warm in Florida!
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Laurel24 November 2010 at 13:54
Beautiful photos, Joanne!
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Lona24 November 2010 at 22:06
Blogger just had a hiccup so if you get this comment twice I am sorry.
I wanted to say oh, your poor roses but they do have a frosty beauty to them. It is just hard to see the flowers leaving.
Have a wonderful week!
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Carrie24 November 2010 at 23:48
Oh stunning Joanne - I love this post!
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Catherine@AGardenerinProgress25 November 2010 at 00:39
It looks like the fairies were busy frosting your garden. You had so many roses still blooming. We never got to see our flowers frosted, just frozen in snow this year.
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Gardening in a Sandbox25 November 2010 at 18:31
Things look a bit frosty but alive. Not so for here.
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Carol26 November 2010 at 15:39
Strange how it is so much colder in your world than it is here. Frost does make for lovely photos . . . not that your gardens need any added features. Wonderful gardens. I love the third from the last photo! Oh, I love them all. Sweet helpers you have there! Thanks for sharing your fairyland gardens Joanne!
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Carol.............27 November 2010 at 18:06
I LOVE that frosty look! I had a chance to see this in my garden in Washington before moving south for the winter.

I think I see a tiny Ice Fairy in the top picture! LOL
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Anonymous3 December 2010 at 04:04
Hi Joanne, Frost can be so beautiful as your photos so aptly illustrate. The crystals on the roses look like sugar. Love the boxwood.
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Stone Art's Blog3 December 2010 at 16:05
love your veggie garden, looks fab.
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CIELO8 December 2010 at 21:56
So pretty... have I ever mentioned that whenever I'm in the "dreaming" mood I come here? I go to England! Ah yes, one of my favorite dreams ever is of a cottage somewhere in green England, in a little village....I love everything about England; especially their cottages and cottage gardens! ;)

Cielo
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Autumn Belle10 December 2010 at 23:42
The frost that has descended on your garden makes your roses look like crystal flowers. Oh, how I wish some magic can transport me to you garden right now, if only for a few brief moments!
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Jasmine10 January 2011 at 17:38
Beautiful!
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Barbara20 April 2011 at 15:12
Have been checking through y our wonderful garden posts. There is something special about the ones edged in frost. Came over from Bernideens. Hi!
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