it's as if someone turned off the water. the rains have stopped, completely. we have had many sunny days with temperatures in the 70's, perfect gardening weather. what we also haven't had so far is a hard frost. we have had a few close calls with scattered light frosts but not a true hard fall frost yet and it shows in the garden. many of the plants are still flowering and many of the bees and butterflies are still visiting them.
now is the time to put the garden to bed for the winter. time to clean out the dead plants and prepare for the cold weather. it is time to plant spring bulbs and mulch cold sensitive plants. it is time to plant trees and shrubs and to dream of next years garden...
a skipper in the salvia
a cloudless sulphur butterfly-we have lots of them in the garden, every bed has them visiting in search of the nectar found in these late blooming plants. this one is in the bee garden sampling the pineapple sage.
here is another in the cannas.
we have cut back our visits to the garden since there isn't a whole lot going on right now. we are out there every other weekend. join us sometime. in the mean time, spring will be here sooner than you think!
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