Fall garden

Tivo Le enjoying the fall sun!

 It is fall and Tivo has the right idea, take in a few "rays" in a bed of fallen oak leaves. The sun is lower in the sky these days and my veggie garden no longer gets the amount of sun it needs to be fruitful. So it is time to clean it up and put it to bed for the fall.

I did grow some annuals in my garden that are still showing color. The white vinca, yellow marigolds and a few garden mums, yellow and white. I planted a few pansies very early and now it is time to add to the few I have. I will plant some light blue, white, and yellow as they will show off their color as the days get cooler. They will take the place of the vinca after the frost comes.


The fall garden



This is the time of year I begin to think about what I want to do different next year. This is only the second season I have had a garden in this location. It has done well as I made raised beds and fenced it in to protect my plants from Tivo and the rabbits. Some of my veggies did not do well here this year though and I think the competition for water and light from my very large Oak tree made it difficult. The tree drip line is now just about the middle of the garden. I will keep the garden here as it was too much work to put up the fence but will rethink what I will plant. I am thinking I will place some perennial and a lot of annuals next season with some lettuce for the early spring.

One of the wonderful things about gardening is that you can rework and move things around. Now I don't mean large trees and mature bushes but I do mean perennials and even small bushes. I have moved azaleas, and other small shrubs successfully. I like to be able to mix it up! and "Mother Earth" is happy to let me do it!