It is starting to look like September. I know this because the days are getting shorter, the light is changing, the flowers are changing and the gardens are ramping up again.
It is hard to believe that I have been cutting and harvesting flowers now for seven months, and I still have two(?) months to go. That is right, well, maybe a month and a half, but probably closer to two. Some flowers are looking tired and they have already been cut down and a cover crop sown, some are still going strong and will so until the temps and the daylight really starts to wane like the zinnias and the dahlias. The dahlias really don’t like the shorter days and just start to make weak stems, and the zinnias down’t like the chilly damp mornings. But, that being said, some of the flowers are only just now starting to set bud so you can look forward to the peacock orchid, pumpkins on a stick, pumpkins and chrysanthemums. The season of flowers will still rock on!
I/we invested in a battery powered LED light to light up the flower shed on these dark and gloomy days. What a difference a light makes. Now when you come to pick out your flowers you don’t have to take them outside in the dreary light to see what the colors are.
And better yet, I can operated it with my phone. I can turn it on and off, and increase the intensity of the light. Love it!
I know I should be making floral notes all during the season, but that is my goal for this week, after Tuesday. Stand in the garden with my notebook and start figuring out what I am going to grow next year, and more importantly where it is going to go. Most of my thoughts I can remember because I am in the garden daily, but I need to get it all down on paper. Like no lisianthus, one row of sweet peas, what perennials am I going to add and where are they going to go. Where am I going to put the dahlias and the chrysanthemums? You know, all that important stuff. I am going to use September as the planning month, the figure it out month, how am I going to rig up the irrigation in the second garden month, so on and so forth.
I am not going to bore you anymore today, I have a huge harvest that I have to start tonight so it will all be ready for pick up on Tuesday. My biggest order ever. But I will leave you with two photos from last week.
Enjoy, and I will be back next week. Allie
Hey Allie,
The flower arrangements at Emmanuel were a BIG hit! Folks who I don’t know kept coming up to me and commenting on the beautiful arrangements (I, of course, gave a big shout-out to Lottarock). The arrangements didn’t quite match (for some reason some flowers kept sinking) , but Ann and I decided that it didn’t matter and that no one would notice!
I have photos to share when I am next “at the shed..”
Liz
I am so glad they were a hit. thank you and lookiong forward to seeing the photos