Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yourr Neck of the Woods 2015 Part1, 0 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
Gitagal:

Yes, and yes. Stuffed cabbage was always one of my mom's staple items when I was growing up. If you don't have enough takers for all the figs, I'd give one a whirl - understanding that winter protection is a must (or bring indoors).

Muddy1:

Looking nice is the operative term. Being out in it, not so much. Isn't snow always whiter on someone else's pasture?

I did not intend to terribly mislead anyone. My finer stock are only in the first image: L-R is 'Judy Evans' American Holly, Thuja plicata, and a fat Virginia Juniper.

The rest of the images are borrowed central Kentucky scenery, including the upper echelon thoroughbred bloodstock at Lane's End Farm. The Canada Geese hang out on the roadside lake. Even the shadow is from a nice maple at the UK Arboretum. The dry snow really rested nicely on the conifers in Lexington neighborhoods. I collected quite a few like that one spruce.

Since I'm already borrowing liberally, I'll share some more from today.

1. A man's home is his castle. I'm not that man, but the castle has reigned over the Woodford/Fayette County line since the mid 1970s.

2. A newer "castle", Keene Ridge Farm and residence built in the early 2000s.

3. The lines in this image were intriguingly juxtaposed.

4. A woman's home is, well, her fairy tale. This belongs to a very nice veterinarian I've known most of my adult life. Except for the big Silver Maples in that image, I designed and planted everything else there for her.

5. The Peach Palace at Heaven Trees Farm from another angle...