It has been quite some time since I have posted to my blog. I have gotten some photos loaded to my computer from summer events and hope to post at a more regular schedule.
The fall weather has been great in our area, except for the fallout from Ike. Sunday, September 14, we received over 3 inches of rain and heavy winds. A group of ducks visited our backyard yesterday afternoon - I think they thought we had a lake in our yard with all the rain that saturated our lawn. At the nursery, it totaled 4 inches of rain in the gauge. Many locations in the St. Louis area had heavy flooding.
On the bright side, this rain is great for fall planting and things should be ahead of schedule.
The temperatures were in the sixties today. I love sweatshirt weather!
Tomatoes are still growing in the garden, but the fall lettuce is slow to get going with all the overcast days recently. We have a great patch of pumpkins! And we didn't even plant pumpkins! I always deposit my pumpkins in the compost pile after Thanksgiving and the seeds sprouted up this summer. My husband let the vines go and they traveled over the compost bin, around the wood pile and into the garden. At this time, we have about 10-12 nice size pumpkins for Halloween and Thanksgiving. What a pleasant surprise. I will try to post photos at a later time.
For now I am including a picture of a bird that showed up in our landscape this summer, actually 2 of them appeared for a day or two. I think they are indigo buntings - I see these birds along wooded areas and fields on my way to work, but we usually don't see them show up in our yard in town. Hope you enjoy my photo - the birds were a delight to watch in the landscape; only wish they would have stayed longer.
Happy gardening! That's all for now.
BAS
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