Thursday, January 01, 2015

January 1: Peach Tree

It’s become my custom to select a part of my garden and feature it at the start of each month.  It’s a way to mark the seasons but it’s also more than that.  Changes that seem small each month add up to something greater when the year is complete and stopping to mark that passage of time makes me more aware of the subtleties in the world around me.  We’ve been in the front yard for the last few years but in 2015 we’re headed to the backyard again.


In 2013, I planted a dwarf redhead peach tree here at the intersection of the row of hostas, my clematis vine, and the red bird house at the corner of the garage.  Underneath, there is grass.  Spring will bring tulips and daffodils.  


The peach tree is coming along nicely; there may even be some fruit set on it this summer.  As the seasons of 2015 unfold, we’ll watch the peach tree’s monthly progress on the first of each month.


In January, the tree’s slim green leaves are long-gone and the branches look stark in the cold.  But if you look up close in the morning sunlight, there is evidence that the tree is already at work for the growing season that lies ahead.  


The tree has all the makings of a productive 2015.  That’s happy!

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