Gardening, anyone?
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Divine, Our next door neighbor's butterfly bush died completely. He left it up until just recently. It had birds in it all the time. I so enjoyed watching them.
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Divine. I cut my butterfly bushes way back every mid summer because they get too big. They gow back and I wait until November and we cut them low to the ground and winterize with one straw.
Scottie
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Going to prune my rosemary bushes this weekend. They got HUGE this year with all the rain.
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I bought these at the Farmers Market. Things have come a long way since they started using ornamental veg for autumn displays! The white ones really fooled me! A bouquet for you ladies:
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Jackie- wow, isn't that gorgeous! Those are those ornamental cabbages, right? I love the way those look, although never had them in my gardens here. Thank you for the bouquet!
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yes cabbage! I never saw white ones. I thought they were roses from a distance.
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Teka- thanks for popping in and sharing the change of seasons in North Country with us.
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OK, now I'm hungry for pumpkin seeds. We always roast ours.
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So many of you wonderful gardeners are skillful with the camera, too. I have never lived with seasons (at least not normal ones) and I am awed by all this autumn beauty. Then the snow and the barn - wow! Thank you for the inspiration. Linda
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Sssss-snow? I'm not ready!!!!!!!
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This was taken about 10 days ago, before we and a hard frost. It is less colorful and more bare now.0 -
Another photo of New England Autumn.0 -
I could sit forever looking at New England autumn. It is so pretty and you have a blue sky as a backdrop. Trust me, gray is not nearly as nice.
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My, my, hydrangea tree is gorgeous, so are the ornamental cabbage and a New England autumn always delights.
I live five blocks from the Ohio River so on my back porch, I look over at the hills of West Virginia (see the photo. Yucky house next door cropped out!) The hills always tell the seasonal tale and are at their peak now, everything west of here is just a smidgen past the peak but still very pretty. Picture doesn't do it justice but the colors are great...tho my favorite is that glorious light chartreuse green on the trees come springtime......
We've had several hard frosts. Yet in the lower left hand corner of this picture, you see a bit of orange cosmos, an annual I plant from seed, still in bloom. Love them.
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Beautiful, MsDivine! Love seeing all that fall color, and the orange cosmos, bravely hanging on!
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Lovely autumn pics flaviarose. We never really have fall or spring here.
Scottie
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To get my flower fix thru these upcoming winter months, I started following a few Fb pages that have flower and garden photos and articles., like American Meadows, and A Gardener's Diary.
Now that I'm not outside doing yard work much, I've turned my attention on updating a few Christmas decorations, redoing bows for my tree and overhauling a couple poinsettia arrangements, and l plan to paint the basement a little at a time over the winter. I have to find something to do to keep me busy so time doesn't drag till springtime flowers rebloom. I'm looking forward to putting mulch down next spring, haven't refreshed it in several years.
I planted about 30 crocuses. I dug up a few flower beds this year, sacrificing some crocuses and I wanted to replace them as their blooms are our first sign of spring.0 -
Hi ladies- spent the afternoon doing some winterizing of the backyard and patio areas. A frost is due to come later this week so I am getting the last of the plants indoors and going to say goodbye to the gardens as they go to sleep for the winter. Still waiting for my trees to completely turn, the ash is well on it's way, the chinese pistache and red oak are starting.
I was up north for a few days last weekend with a friend visiting and wanted to share some foliage shots with you during our time in Taos County!
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very very prett
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so beautiful to see and hear the stories of what gardening means to all of us, everywhere. You ladies are always a great inspiration to my day-to-day living and how cool is that
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I finished the rosemary bush pruning yesterday and the cold is moving through here and the last of the plants must come in. I must bring in my final front geranium, I cannot leave it to die, it is big an beautiful! I have a smaller pot for it. You should see my dining room with all the big plants. It is like a greenhouse!
The freeze will come tonight with the temps down in the 20s. Goodbye gardens until next year.......
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Teka- will do tomorrow when there is morning light. I got the last of the plants in late this afternoon, including two small geraniums and one huge one I could not let go with the frost.
I find I got pretty attached to my geraniums this year. Several have wintered with me the past couple winters! We have a bond!
Frostville tonight. It's cold here!
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We have had nothing but rain for nearly two weeks. Everything is growing back and will all get frost bite when the rain stops and the cold sets in. I so want to winterize my yard.
Scottie
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Same here with the rain and flooding - I need to sow my bluebonnet seeds when I know they won't wash away. Jazzy where in New Mexico are you? Linda
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Booklady- Albuquerque
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Here you go Teka. Some of these plants need to be further "integrated" into the house!
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Beautiful tree pictures and I love your indoor garden Jazzy! This inspires me to get some more indoor plants.
We've had a few frosts but my pots have not completely died yet. I still have the geraniums, a vinca and a dianthus. Today I saw a day lily blooming. But I know it's over soon.
The hours I spend in the yard would be well spent cleaning and organizing my house but not as much fun! I'm seriously thinking of bonsai or terrariums to keep me occupied over the winter.
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Hey, two hobbies, I just made a terrarium today! And I started herbs in an aero garden. I'll have to content myself with indoor gardening under lights for the next 6 months.
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Flavia, I started gardening after seeing an awesome indoor garden in Alaska. I figured if she could grow stuff under lights, I should be able to do it outside in a mild climate.
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thought I'd share my last roses and clematis. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
The lettuce and arugula is doing great though! Thinking up some kind of a fall salad with some organic apples I was given, with my greens. Maybe some goat cheese?
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