WASHINGTON GARDENER
Winter Windowsills
BY KATHY JENTZ Winter in our region can be mild or monstrous. Even if the weath- er outside is not so punishing, any stretch of cold, damp days can be wearisome. We spend a great deal of our cold season stuck inside, JD]LQJRXWRXUZLQGRZV A recent gardening book was sent my way entitled :LQGRZVLOO$UW DQGLWJRWPHWKLQNLQJDERXWDOOWKHFUDPPHGZLQGRZOHGJHV,VHHLQ P\ZDONVDURXQGP\QHLJKERUKRRG+RZDUHSHRSOHXVLQJWKHYDOX - able interior windowscapes? ,DVNHGVRPHORFDOJDUGHQHUVKRZWKH\GHFRUDWHWKHLUZLQGRZVLOOV 0DGHOLQH&DOLHQGRDORQJWLPH7DNRPD'&UHVLGHQWVDLG³0\ favorite way to decorate my window sill is with plants, of course. We JHWORWVRIVXQVRÀRZHUVHVSHFLDOO\OLNHLWWKHUH´$QG-HQQLIHU:KD - OHQRI6LOYHU6SULQJ0'VDLG³5LJKWQRZ,¶PGHFRUDWLQJP\ZLQGRZ sill with Paperwhite ( narcissus 7KH\DUHLQEORRPQRZ²MXVWLQ WLPHIRU7KDQNVJLYLQJZHHN´ ,QP\RZQKRPH,¶PEOHVVHGZLWKVRPHYHU\GHHSZLQGRZOHGJHV LWZDVRQHRIWKHNH\VHOOLQJSRLQWVZKHQ,ZDVRQP\KRPHVHDUFK )RUPRVWRIWKHJURZLQJVHDVRQ,WDNHP\LQGRRUSODQWVRXWVLGHVR the windowsills are relatively empty; but when it turns cool, they are LQYDULDEO\DEDWWOHJURXQGEHWZHHQSODQWVDQGP\WZRFDWV,KDYHUH - signed myself to furry African violets and lop-sided Christmas cactus due to the cats using them as head pillows. A few of my window ledges are quite narrow and even the cats VKXQWKHP7KHVHDUHWKHRQHVXSRQZKLFK,FDQFUHDWHVRPHDUW - IXOLQWHULRUVFDSHV,¶OOWDNHFRORUIXOVPDOOERWWOHVDQGOLQHWKHPXS ZLWKFROHXVFXWWLQJVWRVWDUWQHZSODQWV,DOVRSLOHXSJODVV&KULVW - mas balls and battery-operated candles as part of my holiday décor.
Decorative windowsills add color and creativity to your winter views.
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36—PATHWAYS—Winter 21-22
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