I will soon have to prepare this and a few other things for coming inside for Winter.
I don't like bringing stuff in but can't see them dying, so, has to be done. I am always wary of what may come in with them. I just wash them off and sit them in the sink but don't spray them.
This Geranium will come inside. I didn't plant it I just set it on the top of the planter. I had success with the other two or 3 I brought inside so this year I will bring them all in.
The ones I had inside did better than the new ones. I suppose the fertilizer helped. Although they all got a good dose of dairy doo.
Some of the summer flowers are making a come back and next year I will buy some of these again and put in the garden.
I didn't used to like them but have changed my mind. They are really pretty.
I see that my Mums are popping. I learned to pinch them back in the Spring and again in Summer. That way they stay bushier and don't get stringy or leggy. I am thinking I may try to buy a few more to put in along with some Asters. The Asters I have always get mold and I don't know why.
Asters or Michaelmas Daisies are pretty Autumn flowers but get scraggly. I need to find out how to stop them from molding. The leaves get gray and fall off leaving stringy leggy plants.
Maybe not enough sun. I may get a couple of those to fill in some spots as well. Meanwhile a couple of Roses are making a last effort.
The rain has helped to bring a second wind to the planter on the deck as well
Tomorrow I must go and get bird seeds. The garden is getting very boring. I am ready for birds to come back. We have not had many all summer. I just put away the things I had set out to make a few more wind chimes. I am done for this year I think. It seems like a non summer to be, came and went and is done. Not ready for snow just yet but glad to be done with summer.
Gorgeous pictures Janice! This year, it was like we had no summer. It was weird! Big Hugs!
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