Autumn's Tasks and Delights

Garden Friend

It has been almost a month since I posted ... And about that long since I did more than pull a few weeds in my gardens. I did get the Pansies planted; however, the flat of magenta Diathesis (my fav!) await their planting! There are one of my favorites because they are resilient and beautiful!

This morning I am doing some clearing, pruning, dead-heading as well as collecting and storing items; Winter will be here soon enough. I am hope-planting some Marigold and Zinnia seeds in amongst my perennials — in hopes for Spring seedlings! :-)

The ever-so-wild Sweet Potato Vine is winding throughout my garden — and like love, covering a multitude of "sin" ... As I try ever-so-diligently not to see the overgrown weeds and to delight in the progress of this passing gardening season! Sigh. But I still want to do more and I still dream of that ever-elusive "perfect" garden that I really don't want anyway! ;-)

'Cause, at heart, I am truly a country gardener and I enjoy a blend of planned and unplanned gardens. Sprinkling seeds here and there, poking potted blooms hither and yon and having a wild-from-last-year's-seed pepper plant or pumpkin vine in the midst of my sorta-planned row of Marigolds.