and it truly is. We are having perfect fall days and cool nights. We don't have much color here yet but we haven't had a frost yet either. I think our normal date is l0/20 or near that.
I took my first tour of the yard yesterday in probably a month or so. I also took the camera.
These are growing all over the yard because of our wonderful rains:
I counted 20 clumps. I was told by a dairy nutritionist that was a sign of fertile soil. I hope he is right.
Here is an interesting one. I did know the name but it escapes me. I tried to find a similar one using Google search. I found one similar but not in this stage or not this exact one.
I still have some nice patches of self-seeded annuals hanging on. Have you noticed that the salvias get a much deeper and intense blue with cooler weather.
See the pure white strain? I hope to save seeds but it will probably reappear next year.
This is a wider view of this happenstance clump of self-seeders,
and the dahlias......I planted these bargains from Lowes about 5 years ago and never lift them,
These blooms recurred even after I clipped them back earlier thinking they were done for the year,
I mentioned this little thing last post. It is another stray that the neighbor called us about.............need I say more. She is a female who has had at least one litter and I am highly suspicious she may be having another....Oh well, we have never had puppies before.
and a gift for the girls in the henhouse:
He is quite ancient so I don't think he will bother them to excess. Our neighbor was moving and she had three hens and this old standby. She is the one who located our latest batch of Hi-Line hens and didn't want to move hers so gifted us with them. Of course, if you know chickens at all, you realize that this threw them into a turmoil and our production dropped quickly. I think they are about to get used to each other now.
Chickens are so funny. I cleaned out the nests yesterday and before I finished, 3 hens were trying to get into the same nest....with two vacant ones on the same shelf.
I took my first tour of the yard yesterday in probably a month or so. I also took the camera.
These are growing all over the yard because of our wonderful rains:
I counted 20 clumps. I was told by a dairy nutritionist that was a sign of fertile soil. I hope he is right.
Here is an interesting one. I did know the name but it escapes me. I tried to find a similar one using Google search. I found one similar but not in this stage or not this exact one.
I still have some nice patches of self-seeded annuals hanging on. Have you noticed that the salvias get a much deeper and intense blue with cooler weather.
See the pure white strain? I hope to save seeds but it will probably reappear next year.
This is a wider view of this happenstance clump of self-seeders,
and the dahlias......I planted these bargains from Lowes about 5 years ago and never lift them,
These blooms recurred even after I clipped them back earlier thinking they were done for the year,
I mentioned this little thing last post. It is another stray that the neighbor called us about.............need I say more. She is a female who has had at least one litter and I am highly suspicious she may be having another....Oh well, we have never had puppies before.and a gift for the girls in the henhouse:
He is quite ancient so I don't think he will bother them to excess. Our neighbor was moving and she had three hens and this old standby. She is the one who located our latest batch of Hi-Line hens and didn't want to move hers so gifted us with them. Of course, if you know chickens at all, you realize that this threw them into a turmoil and our production dropped quickly. I think they are about to get used to each other now.
Chickens are so funny. I cleaned out the nests yesterday and before I finished, 3 hens were trying to get into the same nest....with two vacant ones on the same shelf.
So good to read your post Glenda. I always hearing about and seeing pics of what is going on there on the farm. It's like a mini vacation.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend ~ FlowerLady
I like yours for the same reason. You always have an interest project going.
DeleteHow nice to adopt that sweet mother to be, Glenda! We also have lots of mushrooms growing in the grass so let's hope it means good soil!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteMax almost never turns down a dog or cat! We were feeding 16 cats at one time.
DeleteMushrooms are popping up every where. I picked some for Marcy's lunch one day.
ReplyDeleteYour flower are beautiful. May the frost be a long ways down the road.
At this point I don't even mind getting a frost! Work will be over.....except for cleaning the garden and the flower beds....and trimming. Who am I kidding, it is never done.
DeleteIf you do save some of the white salvia seed I would love to get some for my white garden.
ReplyDeleteDavid I will try my best to get some. You realize they might have crossed with the blues and won't be true. We can hope if you plant enough you will get some white. I have some in two different spots every year. These were just purer white than the others.
DeleteI enjoyed this post immensely, the old rooster is a handsome fellow! God bless you for caring for the dog.
ReplyDeleteLook at all those mushrooms! I know some local people who know which ones to eat, and have been harvesting them from places where people can hike. Yes, the flowers are still hanging on. I hope the puppy experience goes well if she does have some. I'm glad the hens are getting used to the rooster.
ReplyDeleteOh, and yes, the Illinois bundleflower seedheads are really cool. They are showier than the blooms.