Dears, we couldn't have possibly asked for a more glorious weekend weather wise! After a long week, and our company switching to a whole new tech system and intranet program, not to mention me now covering two locations as Showroom Visual Manger, it was a stressful week. Who said technology is a good thing? Give me nature any day. The weekend was spent baking some goodies for a trip later in the month, a trip to Strite's Orchard for my first of many Apple Ciders and a trip to the farmers market yesterday. A huge garden clean up and cutting back of dead and spent blooms was done, but yet, with what seems like another warm week coming and the past one, the garden continues to give some color and some of the plants are trying to give yet one more showstopper, the dears. Looks like we will be holding back a bit before the season of Dead starts. I won't complain. On tap tonight are a few friends coming over for a fire in the firepit and some good cold lagers.
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Summer is trying to hold on, but Fall is knocking at the door!
ReplyDeleteWe have more than normal still blooming...it's still warm, with cool nights...my favorite!
DeleteNice. I still get the occasional rose.
ReplyDeleteProbably another week or so I will cut my rose bushes way back, and get them ready for their winter sleep.
DeleteIt is just so lovely to see so much still in flower. Despite the ever-decreasing light, our gardens still give us so much joy... Jx
ReplyDeletePS Those berries aren't Hawthorn, they're Firethorn (Pyracantha). Vicious spines, but a gorgeous plant!
Is that what this is??? And your...downright nasty spines...what sharp pricks they have! Dare say lethal. That bush used to be HUGE when I first moved back and had it cut way back. As you can see, a year later and it rebounded.
DeleteYours is the garden that just keeps on giving, Maddie! LUV the peach roses, purple columbines and colourful asters... and the picture of Sophie catching the waning rays. Did you grow the pumpkin too?
ReplyDeleteNo...the pumpkin was from the orchid I went too. The pups spent a lot of time in the sun this weekend.
DeleteEnjoy the weather while it lasts, I say.
ReplyDeleteJ'adore les roses mauves, abricot et jaunes de votre joli jardin :)
ReplyDeleteMa maison à Deauville est au milieu de la Côte Fleurie où fleurissent les fleurs sauvages de Normandie, les fleurs de votre jardin se ressemblent.
Mon petit chalet de vacances sur la Côte d'Améthyste possède un jardin en terrasse très parfumé de roses, de jasmin, de chèvrefeuille, de gardénias et de lys sauvages. Mes jardins sentent le bon parfum :)
-Beau Mec à Deauville
Jardin en terrasses aux riches parfums de roses, de jasmin, de chèvrefeuille, de gardénias et de lys sauvages » ! J’imagine à quel point ce parfum est divin ! Je parie que vos deux maisons sont très jolies. La France est un pays très pittoresque. J’espère y aller un jour.
DeletePrends soin de toi, mon ami !
So much still in bloom. It’s glorious.
ReplyDeleteI agree Mitchell thank you for the compliment. Once the garden is all barren and winter sets in then I definitely mind the weather. Why. I don't get depressed, it is sort of sad looking. Which is why I don't mind getting a blanket of snow. Covers up all the dead.
DeleteWow! A lot of blooms! Our yard is starting to wither...
ReplyDeleteSame here. Some parts of the garden have already been cut way back, as has the Wildflower Garden. Much of that's been cut back already except for a few of the daisies and zinnias. I suspect another two weeks or three everything will be either cut back or cut down. Generally the first Frost will finish a lot off. At this rate that might not be till November.
DeleteWow you have colour à gogo. We have salvias too but you have roses. How lovely is that.
ReplyDeleteJust fab and your yellow spiky thing is still going; I love it
The yellow spiky thing, the cassia will keep going generally till we get our first Frost. At this point with our warm weather I'm suspecting will be in November. Our first fost will generally finish off the cassia and the salvia's, and then all the color will be ...alast gone. A few of the stalwarts like pansies and some herbs will cough on till the bitter end.
DeleteI love what looks like that two-tone daisy? I too like clovers and not sure why.
ReplyDeleteAs ever your garden looks lovely. I have a purple leaved Oxalis triangularis, which like your Oxalis has white flowers, unlike the Oxalis versicolor which has white flowers edged with dark pink. I have salvia, Japanese anemones, asters, Choisya, clematis and lots of salvia in flower, along with honeysuckle on it's second flowering. Plus my tomatoes are still producing fruit, but not for much longer.
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