Can’t Keep Mum

It’s no secret I like my edible backyard. Nothing beats consuming recent from your individual panorama. I additionally love my flowers. The perennials are at present ending up their final blooms, however there’s a ray of hope. The mums are flowering, and the asters are in full bud. The autumn crocus are right here, with their delicate pink petals. Some issues are altering, however I nonetheless have my flowers.

Autumn Flowers

The nights are getting cooler. The truth is, I’ve needed to placed on pants to do night exterior chores. These are the primary pants in months (shorts being optimum). I used to be even tempted to activate the warmth one night however determined that was admitting defeat. The top of season harvest is nearly over, some leaves are turning, and the corn husks are drying out. I suppose this implies the top of 1 factor and starting of one other.

Autumn is definitely a favourite season of mine. I like beginning to get cozy inside. It’s a time once I can get lazy and browse all day, watch films, or simply knit. It’s also time for brightly coloured winter pansies, fall hued Chrysanthemums, and shiny purple Asters. Fall flowers assist enormously with the transition from heat to chilly, development to hibernation, and sundresses to fleece.

Mums and Different Fall Flowers

Our property’s earlier proprietor adored her flowers, and it’s apparent from February till November. We solely have a few months with out blooming crops exterior. Fall is not any exception with big, bushy Chrysanthemums adorned with sensible yellow flowers. If I deadhead them, their cheery countenances hold producing till a tough freeze. I added the Asters. I like the rayed blooms of their tones of blue to purple. The crocus to which I referred are literally probably not crocus, though they’re known as Autumn crocus. They’re Colchicum, one other genus fully. The pink flowers come up with none foliage and are iridescent pink. They nearly glow with an otherworldly aura.

There are nonetheless loads of flowers hanging in there. The petunias are going gang busters, whereas the coral bells have shiny salmon blooms which are nonetheless feeding the hummingbirds. I don’t lack shade within the backyard, however the presence of the beforehand talked about fall flowers is an simple sign. It’s okay. I’ve loads of summer time meals put as much as take us by means of the winter. My summer time garments might be retired and can appear new once I unveil them once more subsequent 12 months. My winter coat beckons some evenings. The sunsets have been stunning. I’m prepared for a snuggly winter relaxation, earlier than I’m again exterior with a vengeance, desirous to have a tendency my pretty backyard and begin the primary of the greens.