Everything in the landscape was coated with ice. This willow was starting to wake up this spring, but now must wait a little longer.
Tag Archives: Ice
Far From Truth
This outside water faucet appears to be leaking and freezing over. Though in reality it is an illusion.
Suncicles
The Sun has been getting stronger now that we are in February. Even when the temps are many degrees below freezing, the snow has been melting.
Icicle Handle
Snow has been melting and dripping down from the roof. This water has created an usual door handle, with icicles hanging from it.
Sapcicle
Pruned some of my young Boxelder(Acer negundo) trees this winter. The sap that was flowing quickly turned into ice in this freezing weather.
Vernal Ice
When digging vernal ponds, sometimes the dams are built too low in the wrong place. This year I will have to fix that end with more dirt.
Covered In Ice
Freezing Rain can happen in the winter and can damage a lot when glazing everything with ice. The Green Ash tree(Fraxinus) split from the weight of the ice and hit the chicken shed. The icy trees waiting for the Sun’s warmth to melt the ice off them. Evergreens really capture a lot of the freezing […]
Moment of Ice
Freezing rain gives its own beauty to the landscape and tests the strength of plants. Big bamboo leaf glazed in ice. Some fast growing trees like the Bigfoot Willow resistant ice damage.
Icy Locust
Freezing rain has been encasing the trees in ice. This Honey Locust tree looks better with the glaze of ice.
Back Too Soon
The Canadian geese come early, ready to stake their spots for the nesting season. Ice is starting to form on the water again with the recent cold weather.