To get the paperwhites started.
It’s getting to be that time
Tag: gardening
Meet Helen
Helen is wearing lovely feathers in Autumn shades.
She enjoys free ranging in the garden, and hanging out with her friends.
Her platform is: Eggs, they taste good!
Autumn Chores
I long for the bulbs to arrive,
for the early Autumn chores are melancholy,
but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and is always thrilling.
May Sarton
The End
This is the last of the Heirloom tomatoes.
They have been safely finishing their ripening in the greenhouse.
I will have a salad for lunch, do the last of the seed saving, and roast a few more tomatoes for Winter enjoyment.
Beautiful weather
Autumn’s confetti
Seed Saving
I gathered a few seeds from the Chives.
Dry throughly, place in envelope and label.
Object of my affection
My weathered bee skep…
found many years ago at an estate sale.
I will grow more flowers
Next Spring, I will plant more flowers.
For the birds
In late Summer I cut the Sunflower heads,
and dry them in the greenhouse.
I place them throughout the garden for the birds to feed on.
Inevitably some of the seeds drop to the ground and next Spring a fresh crop of Sunflowers grow in the garden.
down to earth digs 