My Garden In October 2020

 

My first fall bouquet picked October 10th from my little zinnia batch.

What a beautiful color too.

I added some red yarrow and marjoram.

A nice bright mix of colors in this seed mix.

The weather is changing and I do see white powdery mildew on the leaves, but I will leave them for a little while longer and just trim away those leaves.  I do see a few ladybug larvae on the plans. 

SUNFLOWERS - Florist's Sunny Bouquet mix from Botanical Interests

A little strip of sunflowers put a smile on this girls face.

MESCULUM MIX - Sassy salad from Botanical Interests

This morning I just picked my first harvest of lettuce.  So far so good.  Every morning I do go out to check and pick off any worms or eggs of the leaves.  I love to plant seed mixes.  You get such a beautiful variety of lettuce.  

In between the rows of lettuce and sowed Spinach, cilantro and radishes. So far they look good too.  

The background you see the peas.  They are Dwarf Grey Sugar Pea pods. A beautiful little bed here.  

I hope to continue to sow seeds of lettuce and flowers for spring.  There is just not enough time lately. Lets see what November will bring.  

Fall Gardening

 I purchased a few small trays of Johnny Jump-Ups and Pansies.

I thought they would add a nice pop of color in this mini garden and along the house. 

This is a fun little patch of miscellaneous plants.

I am happy to have a nasturtium plant. A fellow Gardener gave me some seeds. I kind of miss having them around. 

There are three tomatillo plants that popped up (self sowed-themselves).  I'm not sure if they will continue to grow and produce any fruit.  I will leave them and see what happens.

 The last flowers on the Cosmo "Bright Lights" plant.  They have so far re-sowed themselves in my garden for a few years now.  They were started from a packet of see several years ago.

 One of the variety of the "Elves blend" sunflowers.  Seeds by Botanical Interests.

They are such a happy flower in any size.

These Calendula plants were moved a month ago and they are doing good in their new space. 

 The color pops along the house.  

The Calendulas look pretty next to the purple Pincushion flowers. 

 Here are some newly grown Pincushion plants that popped up.  They are not a good space, so I have transferred them into  containers. I hope they will continue to grow so I can transfer them into flower garden in the near future.

I think the plant, lower right, is a Cornflower.  

 Once again, the Monarch caterpillars are everywhere and so are the Monarch butterflies.  Love it!

The Monarch caterpillars and butterflies love the Milkweed.

Starting Over

It is time to start blogging again.  I deleted all my prior posts so I can make room for new photos. So, lets begin.

The 2017 summer garden was so so this time.  The beautiful orange tomato was the big winner.  It was our first time growing "Kellogg Breakfast".  It had the sweetest taste.   The bad thing was, the plant only produces 8 to 12 tomatoes, due to their enormous size.  If we do grow them again, more plants next time.

We also grew purple tomatillos.  I love their beautiful color.  It was great using them in my cooking.

The Pincushion flowers did well.

We also had our butterfly

sanctuary too.  It was amazing!

My little "elves blend" sunflowers.  They really did well.  I have a few more that I just added to the garden.  I hope they will do well.  I think we have some warm weeks ahead.