Sunday, September 07, 2008
Respite from Politics - Early Winter?
After moving here I decided to try a garden on the hill outside the back of our house. The soil is lousy but I've been working it (egg shells and coffee grounds do wonders!). I had no idea what it would take to succeed but I did know I wanted perennials - this way they would return every year and spread.
Now I have about 450 square feet of gorgeous blooms: lilies, iris, echinacea, many types of daisies, along with others whose names I don't recall. We thoroughly enjoy the color and variety of our garden. Quite often, beginning in May, I provide flowers for our small church. This year was different.
In 2007, I was still taking flowers to church in October. This year the flowers started blooming later and though very lush, they are ending their cycles earlier. Today is the last day I have anything to send to church. I suspect an early winter.