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WELL, after my episode with the Epi-pen at the beginning of the month, I have been wary of even walking to the car when we still had the high 80 temps and the wasps and bees were buzzing around. Our temperatures finally abated this week, and we got some much needed measurable rain! In fact it continues to rain each day.
Our trees are so stressed...they aren't turning colors, just an occasional one here or there, the rest are just dropping their leaves.
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Hubby is in the middle of replacing our front wall of windows. They have been cloudy with broken seals since we moved here in 1984. But, 109"x 84" is a lot of window to replace. $$$$$$$$, hence why we are installing them ourselves. Every window and door has been replaced in our 1973 house by my Hubby, as well as cement siding...so we can sit out our senior years with little to no maintenance.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Well, almost they are almost replaced. We opted for three smaller windows with two cranking out.
Hubby found out why our windows were always cold and frosted, the wood plate covered a void space of no insulation between the foundation, brickwork, and windows! NO WONDER!.
Anyway no Fall decor as the front porch and living room are all ripped up, we are shooting for Thanksgiving to actually have it all done.
Of course it's a dominos project: upgrade the electrical, new trim...new drywall---(PAINTING), drapes or blinds. I'm waiting until everything is done before making that decision.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I did purchase one large pumpkin and one smaller one. Our garden pumpkins looked terrific, except I think they boiled themselves hollow/rotting from the heat. The sun and temps were so high from July through the first week of October.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This potato vine is turning from burgundy to green...and it's so pretty. It's coming into the house before the weekend.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The Zinnias have not stopped, and now they don't want to dry with all the rain..I want to save seeds.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I forgot these sweet ladybugs were in the middle of all those flowers.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The pot planted marigolds gave up---but the vinca vines are still going!
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Here is the in oldnewgreenredoground marigolds...yikes these are supposed to be 8-10" and they are twice that or more!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The mailbox planter is really done.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The front flower bed, is a mess---the Giant Sedum plants are turning...I need to spread the seeds from the Liatris stalks in hopes of getting more plants. I need to bring in some more colored foliages to this area. And probably some marigolds for later color.
I did not buy any mums this year... it was too hot, and now they are all dried up and ugly at the stores---and in two weeks we will have a hard frost---thus, killing them anyway. Such is this MIDWEST Fall season!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The Giant Sedum is gorgeous. These are one-year old plants, I put in last year. Glad they survived our wicked summer, many of my new perennials really struggled.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The Day Lily leaves are limp...but the mint is thriving because we watered this area heavily to save all the plants.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This is three days of Walnut balls dropping on the front lawn--it rained immediately after I took these photos---so they will have to wait until tomorrow to be picked up as walnuts kill anything they land on or next to.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Still a Fall success are my three Mandilla I have to bring into the house by the COLD weekend. Last year I had blooms until Christmas.
Now on to the Vegetable Garden!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Our Fall Garden would be a success if this was a 16" sauce---lol, but it was only a 10" saucer and everything is miniature. The Butternut squash are ripe inside, the turnips are under 2", and I picked 4 green beans that weren't hard as rocks.
Here's the 12" strainer...we only got total 9 peppers out of 6 plants this year...sigh.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I just scrubbed them...and trimmed off the dried stuff and the tops, tips.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The heritage red carrots are really ORANGE inside...some of the turnips had spoiled spots inside.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The mini Butternut squash was perfectly formed, seeded and sweet. Everything else went into a chicken soup base and it is in the slow cooker and simmering away!
This is all there was for this year---
I give 2021 gardening a D+ for the year.
Clean up begins next week! All the leaves, grass clippings, vines, will be tilled into the garden---if it isn't still raining! We also have to clean the greenhouse and finish the insulation to be ready for next year!
HOW"S YOUR FALL GARDENING GOING?
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