I know I said last week that it was the end of the flower season, but lo and behold I had enough flowers last Friday to have another open flower/tool shed day.
I don’t think there is going to be another open flower shed this year, but who knows. We are to get our first freeze on Tuesday that will truly put an end to to flowers, but, if you want something special and I can do it, just let me know.
The dahlias are all dug, sorted and ready to join the tulips tomorrow, before the big freeze. Can you believe that we had 32 varieties to choose from this season? Some, like the dinnerplates will be going into the flower bed next summer, that leaves room for four new varieties to add next year. Next on the list of to-do’s is to get the last of the tulips planted. These are the ones that go into the outside beds and I have a group of lovely flower people to give me a hand to get that done. Meanwhile, the new peonies have been planted, and the garden continues to get cleaned up. No rush at this point, all the important things are done, and as long as it all gets done by the time the snow flies I should be good.
I made a lovely thank you bouquet for a wonderful friend who came last week to help be get beds prepped for the new peony roots, just in time, get the spring bulbs in the ground and get the pots of perennials that had been waiting to get into the ground for months healed in.
Meanwhile I finished getting two new beds ready for planting. One I had no intention os doing but it is now filled, and the other will be planted out in the spring with shade loving perennials. I have to stop planting more flowers! Next year, I won’t be adding anymore. “Sure” I can hear you all say.
So between creating new beds and planting I have had a lovely time creating. This image is last week’s #windowframethursday. It is full of late summer flowers and the last of the dahlias for the year.
So things are winding down at the farm. We are sleeping in now until 6. Quite the luxury. By Thanksgiving I expect to have the gardens completely asleep, then come mid January we start all over again, I will be rested, have a healed wing and ready to go.
I leave you with the last flower sign of the year. Don’t worry, I will still be here, blogging away for a bit longer, then I will give you a well deserved break.
I dream about flowers. Do you? Until next week. Allie