The Last Day of Summer!
Tomorrow we enter into another season. Autumn, where the colors are deep and jewel toned, where the days really start to become short, the days starting out with many layers that then get scattered around the gardens until I need them again in the afternoon, where the autumn rains come. Please, may the autumn rain come. Also hopefully the frosts and freezes will stay away for another three weeks. I don’t ask for much for the autumn, just delayed frosts and rain.
The dahlias have finally hit their stride and I am harvesting buckets of them. All shapes, sizes, colors and wow are they amazing.
I liken the dahlias to the tulips. The tulips start off the season with the same vibrant colors, and interesting forms if you add in the amazing parrots, the ruffled, the doubles the fringed…And the dahlias end the season with the amazing colors, shapes, sizes and wow factor. Talk about the perfect floral bookends. Although…there are still the chrysanthemums waiting in the wings.
I know you know, but still no rain. The 1500 gal tank is dry…I have two little tanks to pull water from but that will only last me two weeks tops, and I am transplanting now, argh. I am going to cut back the water on the big garden to every other day…I guess the good things is the days are shorter and the plants are requiring less water? Gotta think positive.
To be honest, last Monday I was just in a big gardening funk. It was hot, it was sunny, I have a list a mile long of things to do, all requiring water and ya know, I just took a personal day. couldn’t do it. Had drinks and nibbles with gardening friends which was the balm that soothed all our souls and by Tuesday I was back to my ole gardening self. Mostly.
Another balm to my soul is being able to get creative with my old and seconds flowers. A true chance to be creative. Working with mechanics, colors, scale, vases it all is such a relief to be able to do something beautiful and not look at the dry earth.
I have been spreading leaf mulch, last year’s shredded collection and let me just say it is beautiful stuff. I am making two more beds for the shade perennials, I know, they will need water when I plant them but think of next year’s beauty.
So on this note, I leave you with this week’s beauty. My #windowframethursday. Chicken wire mechanics, deep jewel tone colors and quite fun to do.
Until next week, Allie. I dream of flowers, do you? (I have a funny story to tell you all some day about that saying, if I remember)
PS. Tuesday flower shed hours will now be from 1:00 to 4:00. Friday will stay the same. Just changing Tuesdays.
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