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| back yard garden |
The leaves on the trees are just starting to turn here. We have twelve hours of daylight now, and night temps are in the low 50's. The back yard garden is so lush and full now with the fall plants flowering. I know in six weeks it will all be gone. Here are photos of what is blooming in the back yard garden.
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| Japanese anemones |
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| hardy begonias |
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| raspberry lemonade zinnias |
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| vinca |
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| I bought some pansies to put in bare spots now that we have cooler weather. |
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| I replaced some tired plants in my deck railing pot with ornamental peppers. |
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| I also added pansies in another deck railing pot. |
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| In the side yard garden, the goldenrod fireworks bush is in full bloom. |
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| The bees were all over the goldenrod bush. |
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| Out in the back yard the black walnut tree has been dropping its walnuts encased in green balls for about a month now. |
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| The squirrels have been busy cracking the walnuts open revealing their black interior. |
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| Most of the follicles on the milkweed plants have split open. |
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| The wind has been carrying the seeds with their white, silky filament hairs all over the yard, making the yard look like it has cotton balls spread all over it. |
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| The only thing I have seen on the plants are milkweed beetles. There was not a single monarch caterpillar on these plants, their most preferred food. |
