Sunday, November 17, 2013

A Southern Garden in Fall

In much of the United States, gardens are closed for the winter.  The temperatures already get below freezing on many - if not all - nights, and perhaps the first snow of the season has already fallen.

But here in south Louisiana, the gardens are happy for a break from the summer heat!  The flowers are still beautiful, the "winter" vegetables are planted while the summer ones continue on, and the citrus trees are so full they're dragging the ground.

These pictures were all taken November 15, 2013, two days after our first 32* night of the year.  















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  1. echoNovember 17, 2013 at 7:25 AM

    These are beautiful. We still have some fruit and a lot of green here, but the fruit is getting soft and past its prime and is apples. Is the Orange flower a bird of Paradise?

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    1. Voodoo GardenerMarch 31, 2014 at 6:31 PM

      Yes, bird of paradise. After the ice storms we've had this winter, it'll take years for it to bloom again, if it even survived. We'll see. :)

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