I have been working on putting the garden to bed.
Only carrots and herbs remain in the raised beds.
Perennials are trimmed for the long rest.
Welcome October
life in and around the garden
life in and around the garden
I have been working on putting the garden to bed.
Only carrots and herbs remain in the raised beds.
Perennials are trimmed for the long rest.
down to earth digs 
So, wanna come help me put mine to bed now? 😉
I’m totally stealing your dry-hydrangeas-in-a-pot thing, too…after we pick our pumpkins this morning!
I’d love to come help! Did you have a good pumpkin crop?
We got 5 of them, from 4 vines. The largest weighs about 15 pounds. The Little One is thrilled with them!
Last year was probably my best pumpkin crop–this year i only got little ones–but truthfully I really ignored that area of the garden. Glad you have some good carving ones! Halloween is so much fun!
Fab photo! and such gentl ewords as you put the garden to bed for winter
Thank you Claire!
We had a gorgeously beautiful day today, so I spent the afternoon in the gardens getting them ready for winter too. Pulled the wildflowers (annuals) to get the bed ready for something new next year and need to pick up bulbs for around the outer circle to have some color come spring.
Still have some cutting back to do–hostas, bee balm, rudbeckia…..
Believe it or not I do not have bulbs planted here in my little gardens….thought this would be the Fall to get them in, but with the dry conditions I may just wait. Pondering this one!
I’ll gladly trade you some of our rain. We had nothing during the summer, now it won’t stop. I’ve never cut back my hostas, I plant them and leave them alone. I have never stated I had a green thumb, the more I touch a plant the more likely it will die.
The gardening year seems to have flown by…the dried hydrangeas in the pot is a nice way to remember summer.
Yes, I agree….it seems to have flown by for me too. I like to clip a few hydrangea blossoms to decorate with for Fall.
And FYI, husband has been enjoying some time in Portland Maine, on some quick layovers…enough time to take a walk around and enjoy some lunch at least. He said it is very pretty…wish I was there!
I would not have thought to put hydrangea in a clay pot like this. Mind if I copy you?
I grabbed the first empty container in the greenhouse! Wish I had more hydrangea this year–tough year for my pretty blossoms.