sprayed…

05 Thursday Oct 2023

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as it is getting later in the season, the mandevilla got moved into the garage and sprayed down with homemade insecticide to discourage any bugs from getting into the house…

it is sad, as it is currently blooming like crazy… and I know that most of the buds will drop off once it is in the house, sigh…

it stayed out for a few days… usually you put the plant in a bag, but clearly, this one is a bit too large for that option, so hoping it is less likely there are bugs in the garage than in the garden…

brought it in and tried a few spots in the living room before finding just the right one, hopefully…

I trimmed a considerable amount from the top and added a plant light…

I guess we will see how it does;-)…

pulled…

03 Tuesday Oct 2023

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it was a bit sad on Friday, when Hilda the Gardener came to put the garden to bed…

it always feels awful when the flowers that are still blooming get pulled out of the soil and pitched into the yard waste bags…

of course, it also makes me happy that everything is organized and ready for the next season… a number of plants went into the ground that had been in pots so they will overwinter before moving into pots, or new spots in the garden next year…

we will meet up in midwinter to plan for spring…

rediscovered…

02 Monday Oct 2023

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took some time to begin the process of changing the living room table display for the fall…

removed the shells that I rediscovered in the spring… I won’t forget where I put them this time (upstairs in the Computer room closet🤪), lol…

I decided to put my camera collection out… I had to move the glass to fit one of them in…

next I printed photos to put in each of the squares… that was a bit of a process between the iPhone, computer, and printer, lol… besides having to choose only sixteen (well, seventeen)…

I’m rather pleased with how it came out;-)…

next change will be glittery things for the holiday season…

fringed…

01 Sunday Oct 2023

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well, we made it…

this Dahlia Fringed ‘Tsuki Yori’ bloomed at last, happily before the frost arrived…

I bought the plant in early May when we visited Lily Stone Cafe for High Tea and then checked out Lily Stone Gardens…

it was planted on the deck as soon as the risk of frost had passed, but has been slow growing since… there is another bud on it;-)…

very pleased it has opened as it is rather lovely…

staring…

29 Friday Sep 2023

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ordered a second arch a week or so ago when I noticed it was on sale for half price…

it arrived a few days ago and sat there staring at me, lol…

Wednesday afternoon, as the weather was nice, I finally spent the time to put it together… feel like a pro now, after the springtime attempt to put it together;-)…

my grandson managed to set it in place right next to the other one…

next year I will focus on beans, cucumbers, and peas, as well as a ton of morning glories to grow right over it;-)…

crowded…

27 Wednesday Sep 2023

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for the last few weeks I’ve been working on getting the condos (fish tanks), ready for the move from garden to house…

when the fish moved outdoors in the spring, I didn’t clean up the tanks, sigh…

so, it started with cleaning the tank that held the plants last winter… I’ve decided to use it for fish, as the fish were getting a bit crowded in the two tanks…

got it cleaned and then a few days went by before I faced the two big tanks…

had to use the wetvac to remove all the water from the big tanks and dump it down the toilet in small batches… that took quite a bit of time and effort…

next I had to scrub them both down… then I brought in the hose and filled all three tanks up… another slow process…

I had to purchase a pump for the newest tank… as I hooked them up, the biggest pump would not work…

finally, after numerous attempts, it started working and now all three tanks are running and cleaning the water…

it will be weeks before the fish move in, but the tanks will be ready for them…

the funniest thing is realizing how much noise they make, after being silent all summer…

whew;-)…

shaggy…

26 Tuesday Sep 2023

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was surprised when we got home from voting to discover a row of mushrooms along the edge of the lawn…

they have a number of names – got this from Wikipedia:

Coprinus comatus, commonly known as the shaggy ink cap, lawyer’s wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas.