I am so ready for fall. Beyond ready. The weather is finally right for gardening, but alas I'm probably going to be working all weekend. (Except of course for the sniffing party this afternoon!).
If I can't do any yardwork this weekend, at least I can start preparing for fall planting season. This morning I ordered hydrangeas! We had to replace a couple which had died -- Leuchtfeuer was dug up by Thirteen, before we got her on the crazy pills, and Sensation didn't survive the summer, I think because the tiny little shrubling bloomed last fall right after we planted it. I let the blossom stay because it was just so beautiful. But I think that was a mistake. It never grew like this others this year, and it collapsed under the summer heat. I guess it didn't have the root structure of the others. Word to the wise: when they say not to allow a plant to bloom or fruit in the first year, they mean it! And we added this one just for fun.
I asked for a 10/1 delivery date, figuring by then it will be nice and cool, good weather for planting shrubs. I wish it was October already!
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