August, September, October... time flies when you're having fun! Tomorrow, October 29th we are supposed to get snow. I'm not sure of the last day in May that we had snow, but that means we only had 4 months without any snow, really?? I've decided to really try to embrace winter this year, and if that fails, I'll think about exploring my surroundings further south and west!
Anyways, wrap up of Summer/Fall: Did okay on the tomato front-still have a couple of bowlfuls sitting on the counter. Did great with peppers- roasting the rest tomorrow, and with rutabegas- several bags in the refrigerator downstairs. We actually ate a few melons about the size of a baseball, but they were tasty! Second bean crop didn't do so well, had tons of blossoms but the beans just never got too big. It was enough for a few meals but I went to the farmer's market for beans to freeze. My strawberries kept producing, even now there are flowers on the plants! I have to remember to fertilize them next Spring.
All the yard chores are pretty much wrapped up. I emptied all the composters and buried it in the garden plots. I just have to put out the straw on the dirt beds. I renewed all the cedar mulch in the beds, took the pumps out of the ponds, Larry emptied all the rainbarrels. I'm using the water hyacinth roots for scary witch or skull hair. I'll have to clean out the ponds next spring, but they really looked pretty good after I added all the water plants. The hyacinth has a very pretty bloom, and spread quickly.
I planted another tree- surprise! It is a Rejoice crabapple, very upright growth, nice large dark green leaves that turned a pretty red this Fall. I think it is a good choice for the spot, and the Redbud likes the company. Here's a good spot for photos.
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| wild 4 oclock's blooms-beautiful |
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| milkweed coming back! |
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| new goldenrod |
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| pergola trumpet vine blooms in September! |
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| hyacinth flower power |
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| october's bounty |
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| water hyacinth root- witch's hair? |
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| hop heaven |
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| Rejoice! crab apple tree |
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| quaking aspen straight! This gizmo works pretty well, but when we removed it in October the aspen didn't remain completely upright so we will have to use again in the spring, probably the entire summer. |
