Firstly, I hope those bloggers who zoomed yesterday had a lovely visit. Cathy, I was sorry to miss your chat about grasses because although I don’t have too many, I love them also. When I first learned about Piet Oudolf and his prairie planting, it resonated so much with me , as much of the valley, where I live, once had many areas of natural grassland in the lower elevations. I also lived on the prairies for a while where grasses once ruled. Now it is mostly alfalfa, lentils and grains. My daughter’s dinner was delicious however! we just cannot do everything!

To today’s task! The landscape is now truly very white but all is well as far as green things go. As we enter the Christmas Season I crave the scent of the natural evergreen oils that are so abundant at this time of year. My husband and I gathered what I needed a few weeks ago from the natural forests around us and I have since assembled a few pieces for decorating. I usually manage without the traditional red berries as our native Kinnikinik ‘s (Arctostaphylos urva-ursi)berries are small and not easy to make an impact with. We have Holly Grape, Mahonia but not traditional Holly, Ilex. When in the supermarket this week I spied a small shipment of 4″ potted Wintergreen, Gaultheria covered in large red berries. What a treat! here they are with some Ivy, Hedera helix ‘Baltica’ Juniper, Juniperus scopolorum, Cedar, Thuja and Snowberry, Symphoricarpos alba and Pine, Pinus ponderosa

This is the last of the red Gerberas I purchased November 6th for Remembrance Day!

I will head over to other Cathy’s blog, Rambling In the Garden’ to see what other gardeners have been up to.

Go to the comments and links to others’ vases of what is blooming in their neck of the woods.