Either way it’s clear that fall is one it’s way. The vegetable garden has turned into a jungle, fruit is starting to ripen and pumpkin products have started to hit the shelves. It’s only August, but plans the pumpkin carving party and what to do with the seeds are already underway. Guess every season has a plus.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to my garden! I have a zone 6 garden located in south eastern Connecticut with a little bit of everything. There's a lot of it and it's still growing. Sometimes I think it might be too much and then the gardener in me comes out and says NOPE. My ultimate goal is to be able to eat my way around my yard. In addition I love what my friends affectionately called my jungle. My collection of tropicals brings the outside in and gives the place a tropical feel at times. While some of my garden is your run of the mill some isn't. Come join me on my wild adventure.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Changing Winds
It’s amazing how time flies. Most people don’t truly see the changing seasons. We just wake up one day and realize that we’re wearing different clothes. That the “normal” temperature is changing. Then sometimes you can feel it. In the spring it’s an exciting time. People are itching to get outside and enjoy the warmth of the sun. I guess fall can be exciting too. For me I’m not ready to let summer’s warmth go just yet, but some how last weekend I felt something in the air, and suddenly the mornings got a little chilly, and I saw a forecast with 48 degrees as a low. Maybe the change has started, or maybe it’s just this crazy hurricane called Irene that seems to be changing things.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
August so Bitter Swet
August seems to always be so bitter sweet the last few years. It's an awesome time because most of the hard core gardening chores are done. Hopefully summer projects are coming to an end, and the dog days of summer seem to be in full gear. With all that what's not to love? The fact that time has flown by. It seems like yesterday that I was anxiously waiting for the sun to warm everything up, I was on time for so many things and it looked like this would finally be the summer where it all came together. Fast forward to today and not so much.
We did manage to get in two new spaces. One brand new garden, and one complete redo where there use to stand two HUGE burning bushes. Oh and we finally got the back pool corner cleaned up, planted and mulched. So we really have gotten a lot done. It just seems so sad that today I got my fall seeds going. I'm making plans to pull up what's left of the spring peas and start them fresh for the fall. And realizing that in about a month it will be time to start pulling out the long sleeves.
Our two new gardens look great and have at least filled in with some great annuals. The hops are completely taking off this year and look fantastic on their trellis. The non planted morning glories have finally filled in, and I even think my climbers out front have finally settled in. So now it seems that my goals are changing to maximizing my time by the pool. I know before I know it we'll be talking about closing it, or arguing about going in because I'll think it's too cold.
So rather than rush I'm trying to plan the attack for the fall (to try to avoid last minute rush and sticking plants in random places) and trying to kick back and enjoy the sun while we can.
We did manage to get in two new spaces. One brand new garden, and one complete redo where there use to stand two HUGE burning bushes. Oh and we finally got the back pool corner cleaned up, planted and mulched. So we really have gotten a lot done. It just seems so sad that today I got my fall seeds going. I'm making plans to pull up what's left of the spring peas and start them fresh for the fall. And realizing that in about a month it will be time to start pulling out the long sleeves.
Our two new gardens look great and have at least filled in with some great annuals. The hops are completely taking off this year and look fantastic on their trellis. The non planted morning glories have finally filled in, and I even think my climbers out front have finally settled in. So now it seems that my goals are changing to maximizing my time by the pool. I know before I know it we'll be talking about closing it, or arguing about going in because I'll think it's too cold.
So rather than rush I'm trying to plan the attack for the fall (to try to avoid last minute rush and sticking plants in random places) and trying to kick back and enjoy the sun while we can.
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