The Work of Winter

Buds, branches, and the gift of quieter seasons

I’ve been reading a lot about tree buds lately, trying to branch out (ha! see what I did there?) from my usual nature reading of all birds all the time. In a season where most deciduous trees are losing their leaves, I am learning that trees produce their buds in autumn, too.

When all around is migrating south or putting on fat or molting into winter plu…