Signs of winter in the garden

Just because the garden isn't growing, and blooming doesn't mean there isn't things to look at.  Here are some pictures showing the begining signs that winter is coming to my garden.

Interesting designs on the leaves to one of my rose bushes.

The frost on the tree looks a lot like snow.  Or like one of those plastic trees you see in stores to look like snow.

Another bush showing off it's color as well with frost.  I love how each leaf is different

A stem from my Rose of Sharon bush has frost that stands up....not sure how that happends but hey...it's nature.

One of two leaves left on one of the baby tree's.  Very colorful and even prettier with frost.

My poor pepper plants were dug up Friday in a attempt to save them.  The heater in my greenhouse never turned on due to a faulty power cord.  So they were hit hard with a frost...over 60 peppers were growing throughout the plants and only 11 were able to be saved.  The rest became mush.




Winter can be hard on the garden.  Hard even for the gardener who has to wait till closer to spring to start growing agian.  But it has it's own beauty.