Winter subjects when the reservoir is frozen and there are no birds.

Winter 2016 at Chatfield State Park.... fading light on the rabbitbrushes...

These were taken at The Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield. October 2014. Just what I want my garden to look like!

October in the yard.

October in the yard...I hate all the choke cherry in the summer, but it adds a punch in the fall so maybe I won't pull it all out next spring.

Echinacea, , Helenius autumnale, Rudbeckia hirta "Goldsturm"

July garden and patio, 2014

Late summer on the patio, and late blooming flowers.

Everyday makes a difference in what is shooting up. Some penstemons and kniphofia did not make it through the winter, and some plants should have been divided last fall. Oh well, a lesson learned.

I also lost a Helenius autumnal that was front and center so had to rush off an order for a few of those.  

End of May

Red tailed hawk chasing off eagle Boulder County, CO April, photo Jennifer Small

Fall in the foothills. This at Red Rocks.

 

Patio in late summer

 I like to wrap the pots around the walls of the pergola, so nature is all around.

2 Great Horned owls ready to fledge!

 

Cottonwoods

 

Rabbitbrush in the fall

 

We finally got snow!!

 Our barn never looks so good as when its snowing. The horses are fed and they are enjoying the cold snap.

End of October in Colorado

 This is Blue grama grass, with the eyelash seed heads. It is one if the main grasses that comprises the short grass prairie. This is at about 6,600 ft.

 

 

 

 

 

Last of fall patio plants.

 Now begins the time of lugging the pots indoors or in the barn. Which ones to save, transplant, pitch? Hope I don't bring too many buggies inside with them!

Late vegetables, herbs and Cleomes

 Cleomes are a must for the vegetable garden. The vegetables just don't move enough, so if you stick in a few Cleomes, they will wave with the breezes and make the whole thing more dynamic.!