“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.”
~ Andrew Wyeth
Joyfully shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife
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A Fine Time for Pines: Preparing your Specimen Pines for Center Stage
As winter deepens, evergreens in forests and gardens become more prominent. If your garden includes a specimen Pine or other varieties of evergreens, this time of year holds special joy for you. However, as specimen Pines now move into center stage, the importance of tending them carefully throughout the year becomes more apparent. The guidelines I share with you over the next few posts will help you preserve the vigor and beauty of your valuable evergreens.
–Think thrice before cutting! Since black and red Pines do not regrow branches easily, a miss-cut can result in years of unsightliness, and proceed carefully.
Come back again next week for another tip to keep your Pines healthy and beautiful for their time in the limelight. And be sure to connect with us know if you’d like our help to prune and care for your valuable Pines and garden in winter–or better yet, all year long!
Gladly shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& privileged Pine fanatic)
Garden Day Dreams – Even In Winter
“Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle … a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream.”
~ Barbara Winkler
What dreams are you dreaming for your garden this winter? Now is a perfect time to partner with us to begin, to put your imaginings on paper so that, together, we can realize those dreams when the weather warms. Give us a call (717-653-1273) and we’ll help you corral your thoughts and begin to shape them into beautiful garden spaces!
Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& garden daydreamer)
A Hymn Of Thanksgiving This Holiday Season
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love, which from our birth,
Over and around us lies.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
~ Folliot S. Pierpoint
We are grateful for you, our FaceBook friends, and trust you find your hearts and lives full of what’s really important this holiday season and into the new year!
~ the Hanselman Landscape family
In Winter
“In longest, darkest nights take rest and ease,
And every shortening day, as shadows creep
O’er the brief noontide, fresh surprises find.”
~ Helen Hunt Jackson, From A Calendar of Sonnets: December
What surprises are you finding in your garden in this colder, darker time of year? Take time to explore your outdoor spaces, seeking and finding daily joy and beauty!
Joyfully shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& daily beauty seeker)
Winter Trees…
All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.
~ William Carlos Williams
Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife
Enjoy the glory of each day in your garden, regardless of season or temperature. And if we can help by adding beautiful tree silhouettes to your sky scape, let us know; you’ll need to start soon!