As you can see, a section of the back garden is getting the typical fall treatment as we enter what I call high autumn. I just did a huge clean-up of the garden yesterday, but with some very strong gales today, that effort was made futile. You can't even tell I did it today. The trees are all but just about bare now, the grass is browning, and the garden has almost come to a standstill with blooming. The calendar says fall, but the weather here has remained quite warm for it being mid-November. I have never still had salvias still with blooms on it. While most of the garden flowers and roses have gone, a few stalwarts still continue to muddle through. The herbs, asters, the cassia is barely hanging on, a coneflower or two, pansies and the nasturtiums. The dear, Agnes sent me a hug bag of mini white daffs as a thinking of you, that I added into my planting of bulbs yesterday too. I look forward to seeing how they will do. The top picture is looking toward the potting shed. Enoy the pictures and the strange invader.
These are not snow peas, but seed pods from the cassia.Even they smell like popcorn.
A huge fugus plateau was found under the nasturtiums growing off the old stump from the eastern white pine cut down last year.
My last two zinnias.
A view to the side of the house looking across to the neighbors.
What's left of the wildflower garden. The big burning bush to the top of the photo has been removed recently. This will make for an expanded wildflower garden next year!!! Think of all I can add in with that space.
EEEEEEK! Look at this strange invader on the windowsill yesterday!!! And small white eyes. Has the invasion begun???
I also came across these almost translucent mushrooms.
How pretty are they?
My last rose left blooming.
I also did a few thanksgiving touches inside. I got out my Lefton turkeys and my grandmothers pheasant vase and had the Dame do a small arrangement it. The first photo are some cassia and berries from the firethorn bush in the garden.
I love this time of year, and Thanksgiving generally gets looked over. We go from Hallowe'en right to Christmas. With no peace between. Thanksgiving time for me is always peaceful. And we got treated to not one, but two nights of Northern Lights last week, so there was that.
This was the loveliest post! The nasturtiums almost made me tear up a little - ! And HOLY CRAPBALLS you get Northern lights too? I love it that you're out there snapping away and sharing your Autumn with us, Mads. Oh, and I agree about Thanksgiving. It should be wonderful and peaceful and it looks like, with your style, you've got that covered. Wow and thanks.
ReplyDeleteI had to include the nasturtiums just for you all around that huge fungus plateau. They refuse to go to bed yet....
DeleteBack when I had gardens, the autumn was a time of putting things to rest, like a parent tucking children in for the night. One exception was the Brussel sprouts - keep them going for Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteI agree Spo! Here in another week or two, I cut back what's left, then tan bark and cover the cut down perennials and make mound hills around the rose bushes for extra protection and then fill the garden with the last of the fell leaves to cover the gardens. Last year my rosemary and thyme were still going strong for my pork roast which I used for my new years dinner.
DeleteMy gosh those photos were amazing - picture postcards. A shame the burning bush had to come out...they are so striking in the autumn. The insect is rather alien like isn't it??? And the mushrooms are actually very pretty. It's hard to think of frost when it's getting warmer by the day. Every season brings its own magic, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteThe burning bush couldn't be cut back, otherwise it would have been nothing but a stick bush. And me personally, with exception to autumn, think they are otherwise a very boring bush. The expansion of the wildflower garden will be nice and more enjoyable I think, and bring more bees, and butterflies too.
DeleteAlways some pretty sites. Those bug pictures are pretty cool. I have no idea what kind it is, but the detail of the bug is amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a Wheel Bug, they are beneficial to gardens as they are voracious predators of insects harmful to gardens. Do not touch, they can deliver a very painful bite if handled. Common in the Southeast they are spreading northward due to climate change.
DeleteAn old Philadelphian
A wheel bug?!? Nice to read that this voracious predator is good for the garden.
DeleteYet again you have just wowed me with your beautiful photos and the ever-changing garden. Sure is looking different now. As someone who lives in Florida, I love seeing pictures of the northern states during this time of year, and love the Lefton turkeys. I haven't seen any of them in years!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden and the pink and orange trees behind your potting shed are spectacular with their autumn foliage. We have the same trees in our backyard along with a greenhouse with lovely orchids and tropical flowers from the Caribbean, South Africa and the South Pacific. And always a delight to see the Northern Lights.
ReplyDeleteI have a collection of gobblers too, I already have a big copper wall plate of a turkey hanging over the fireplace for Thanksgiving. 🍃🍂
Pan in Wynnewood
You had me with the view toward the potting shed. The garden certainly looks different then it did in the summer. It is obvious how much you love your property and how much it means to you. What a wonderful steward you are of the nature around you. I also love seeing your Lefton turkeys make their appearance. But that bug does look menacing.......
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