The nights have begun to get brisk and my summer flowers are beginning to fade. This time of year everyone starts to wonder "where did my summer go? it seems to have slipped right out of my fingers." While I share these sentiments this is one of my favorite times of the season. The hot hot days are behind us leaving more time for me to spend out side working in the dirt. I begin my planning for a whole new season, autumn flowers can be stunning also. Now is the time to plant replant the cool weather crops like spinach and carrots if you are patient. My head is filled with big plans for the yard but no time to complete them this year. I have begun work on yet another landscape sketch to make grand plans for the changing layouts. I have started to pour over the bulb catalogues planning my purchases in time to get them in the ground in october for spring flowers. Time to work over the compost pile again to make room for the fall leaves that always come to soon and spend a little more time guarding my tomato harvest from the squirrels that would steal them.
