Happy Autumn Everyone!!!!

Right back at ya.(lol) It was beautiful here all day too.Perfect weather to tear gardens apart.I got quite a lot done today.Those mums look real good here in my yard. (lol) thanks.Not much change in the trees here yet.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Gorgeous here, too. The birches are just starting to go golden, the maples are beginning to go red, and the poplars in my yard are almost nekkid!
Speaking of falling leaves, DH got me a lovely toy for my birthday; A 3-in-one leaf machine, it blows, it vacuums, it shreds and bags! It makes really nice mulch! Wasn’t he a sweetie?

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Happy Birthday Dini!!! 21 right?!! hee
What a great birthday gift from DH!!!! Guess you can check that off your wish lift eh!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Oh and Bon, I’m so glad you liked the Mums!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

No more flowers here for the last 2 weeks we had heavy frost every morning but it is still nice and sunny in the daytime

-- NB Canada

It’s a picture perfect fall day here. Temperatures in the 70’s F or 20’s C, nice breeze and not a cloud in the sky. A few of the old trees are turning colour but for the most part it’s still green.

We had frost the other night and lucky me, I worked late and when I exited the barn I knew to make a fire in a barrell, put in the center of the garden and everything survived.

Cheers

-- Central northish Ontario

Man that is early Flowerlover for no flowers … but at least the sun is shinning.

Timing is everything isn’t it Greenthumb!! Glad your garden survived your frost! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

tis been awesome now for 4 days…...........beautiful fall weather sunny and bright!

lot of colour still in the gardens.

-- Toronto, Ontario

You ar so right Goosneck … a truly glorious 4 days!! Sure could get spoiled with this Fall weather …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

love autumn, by huge tree in the front is just now barely starting to change colours…......and the gigantic ones across the street are already yellow and falling off…......what a site…..........must drive up north next month to Algonquin Park, now there is sheer wonderland!

worth the drive, plus going thru Bracebridge is also worth a thousand words….........and the gas prices have come down…....................

-- Toronto, Ontario

Happy Autumn to you as well and thank you for the gorgeous flowers :D

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Your most welcome MsDeb!!! ;-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

It certainly was a good day to celebrate fall. Thanks.

Today, (Saturday Sept 27th) is drizzling, and is really fall-like. The temperature trend seems to be going down. Hopefully, we’ll get a few more nice days.

-- jroot

It’s rainy and damp here too Jroot.Can really feel it in the bones today.(lol) The cold nights are starting to show on the flowers…darn.But the sedum looks great.I still got a ton of work to do so I hope we get a few more nice warm days.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Well the weekend here was suppost to be warm, with a cold front arriving on Sunday night/Monday … but the weathermen sure predicted that one wrong. The temperature seems to be dropping as the day goes on … no rain though; thankfully. But quite frankly, I am ready for some true Fall weather. My Mums are just beautiful and in full bloom now on the front porch.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

“T”,

We are still in “summer” weather this week, but next week will be 40s/60s – and so it goes…

Here’s one from my garden to yours!

-- Judd, Adel, Iowa, http://www.stoneyhedge.com, Zone 5

Oh THANKS Judd … I don’t have that color!!!

Yah, I think our weather is the same as yours … week has been outstanding, quite warm but today, it really got a bit chilly but humid too, weird. Yup, Fall is on it’s way …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Autumn has been beautiful so far, but today it clouded over and some rain is in the forecast. Time to get out those boots and umbrellas for a couple of days.
I’ve got some yellow and pink mums by the front door. I’ll have to snap a photo of them.

-- Stop by and visit my homepage at http://www.craftygardener.ca or my blog at http://craftygardener.blogspot.com/ Thanks, Linda aka Crafty Gardener

Yea, fall is definitely here as well: over the last week the maples have turned red,yellow and orange and with the wind over the last 2 days, they have fallen!

View from my back steps 30 minutes ago!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

GORGEOUS … I am envious of all your trees and the spectacular “show” you are in store for!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Lovely, Eklectic. Ours started to turn also. We love the rustic tones .

-- jroot

ooooooh how lovely!!! standing tall.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

oh MS Debbie

The mums are ggorgeous I see. I love them. I wish they were prennials tho.

Our trees are not turning yet . Just a few very here and there. By month’s end it will be gorgeous with all the sugar maples

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Red Poatatoes. I wa very disappointed in the results.
I planted 5 lbs of seed but I only got about 40lbs

This year was so wet . 30 days straight of poundin down rain so didn’ get them hilled enough.

This is the first year in about 25 I planted them, Not sure I will another year and if I do won’t be reds, will be white. A bit blurry

Virginia rceeper turning red. I had a better closer pic but can’t find it I gave away about 40 ft of it full of new roots last nite

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

My favourite potatoes are the whites. My son like the Yukon Gold, but I wouldn’t thank you for them.

The only mums I buy are perennial. Forget the showy annuals. I can’t afford to keep buying year after year.

-- jroot

I agree with you jroot. Besides, I like the way they start to flower after they have been established for a few years. The same for fall flowering asters.
Bunting, that virginia creeper is beautiful. My little plot of ground is not big enough to showcase such a prolific vine. But I certainly admire it.
Eklectic, the trees are magnificent, and I imagine put on quite a show in the fall.

GranT, thanks for the Happy Autumn wishes. Hope it’s a long balmy one!

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Thanks

and happy Autumn to all of you.

I should have taken pic on the other side of this fence. The vine is larger and nicer.

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

OK

I have never seen prennials mums. Lots of asters but not mums

I thought they were just all hardy annuals.

yes me too can’t keep buying new ones every year

I would buy perennial mums tho

I must google them to see what they are like

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

love that vine!

Yukon Golds: my favourite because they keep so well. The first time we ever had them they were still “potatoes” in the spring, when the other potatoes were just wrinkles.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Yukon Golds are the best for french fries, do not mash that nicely I find!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

The perennial mums are the Hardy Mums, which do come back year after year, .... if one is lucky ….. and if one winters them adequately. I usually throw some old leaves around them, and add a few sticks to support any weight which might otherwise cause them to break. They tend to die if that happens. ...and then let the snow drift on top of them. .... and they come back.

-- jroot

That vine looks awesome Bunting.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more