It is September 1, and there is a dry, refreshing breeze just ever so lightly reminding me that changes are coming. We've had substantial rain in the past week, 5 inches! We are in line to get more soon. I can see the difference in the garden immediately, the plants, like me, are taking a deep breath.
I'm in the beginning of clean up and Fall planting to prepare for next summer. More drought tolerant plants, one or two drought tolerant fruit plants( honey berry).
Clean up of diseased lilacs and cone flowers.
Parts of my garden look really barren, and parts of my garden are in more shade than last year, and parts of my garden are still providing an abundance of food for bees, butterflies and birds.
I've realized I can't be everything to every bee, butterfly and bird, but I can provide something for most of them. I'm like a wayside rest. Now I just need to decide if I'm satisfied with that.
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| hummer |
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cucumber tally-2
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clean out area, honeysuckle shrub added
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lilacs gone, now what?
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| apples! |
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sedum, the garden savior
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