Enjoy photos from our recent snow day, taken January 17, 2022 and the following day. We got a total of 14 inches of snow, which made for a beautiful winter wonderland. It started Saturday night and snowed for almost 24 hours straight!
This may surprise you, but we don’t get a lot of snow in our neck of the woods. In fact, our average snowfall here at 2,300 feet elevation in Pisgah National Forest between Old Fort and Black Mountain, NC, is just 6 inches per year. Some years, we have no snow at all or just flurries, which, let’s be honest, don’t count. In other years, like this one for example, we’re treated to a real snow day.
The view from the west side of the property with Green Knob mountain in the distance
The view from our wetlands boardwalk looking across the frozen pond
No gardening today!
We threw out lots of seed for our winter birds, including this Eastern Towhee
Looking across the Pool Garden at the Deck House in a very quiet and calm late afternoon
The first snowy winter for our newest garden sculpture, by Sam Owen
The bare branches of our red twig dogwoods look great in the sun and snow
The next day… already starting to melt (stained glass sculpture by Barbara Brinson)
Wow! You guys really got some accumulation. It looks beautiful! Love your garden art by the way.
It was certainly beautiful while it lasted!