Quote of the Day: Monty Don
“The garden at the beginning of October flatters to deceive. The sun still has the heat to warm through your shirt, still carries the tang of summer during the middle of the day. But no one is fooled. This is not the real thing but borrowed from summer, little more than a good memory. Autumn has arrived. The leaves are changing colour daily and the air has an almost tangible opacity you only find in autumn.”
Monty Don from Fork to Fork
It’s certainly starting to feel like fall around here. Plants in the garden are growing much more slowly and brown in becoming the dominant color. This year I’m happy for fall to arrive as I’m ready for a long winter rest.
What does fall look like in your garden?
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The Last Hurrah
The fall asters are blooming, this is the last hurrah of blooms before the snow starts to fly. The bees are busily gleaning as much nutrition as they can for their long winter naps.
I have a good amount of this lovely plant blooming in the flowerbeds and around the edges of the woods. It’s not the neatest or tidiest plant, but it sure is nice this time of year.
Eventually, the plants in the flowerbeds will be moved to the woodland edge, they definitely seem more at home in that location. They will be replaced by something that isn’t quite to floppy. The good thing is that I’ll still be able to enjoy them and so will the bees!
Do you have anything blooming in the garden?
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Friday Favorite: Sprucing Up
Back in Ohio, we had pretty much redone everything in our house to make it just like we wanted. Moving to Maine meant we were starting at the beginning once again. We haven’t really done any sprucing up besides cleaning until last week.
Our garage/barn is desperately in need of a coat of paint. It probably could wait a few years, but by that point the siding would have needed ripped off and redone. Eventually, it will be sided in cedar shakes or something else. We didn’t want to do that in a year or two, so we decided to paint the garage to keep the siding viable for another 10 years or so. We had the same issue with our garage in Ohio and the paint was still going strong after 11 years with no sign of new siding being needed.
We finally settled on black as our color of choice, the red barn color just isn’t my thing. Black barns with white trim were fairly common back in Ohio.
Mr Chiots washed the garage well and we got started. It’s tedious work, painting the grooves in the siding with a paint brush, we’ll use a roller on the main walls. The garage is two stories high at the peak, so we’ll probably rent a little lift for the weekend to reach those spots safely.
It’s not necessarily the job we would have chosen as our first project, but it needed to be done. Hopefully next we can paint a few walls inside the house, though after painting this we might not want to paint for a while.
Any big home improvement projects going on at your place?
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Hello Fall
Up until this week, it hasn’t really felt like fall. It’s warm this week, but the leaves are changing and the temperature drops sharply when night falls. The leaves are changing and some are even brown and falling to the earth already. Add to that the pumpkins that dot the roadside stands and it’s really feeling like fall.
There are no pumpkins gracing my front stoop yet, perhaps I should buy a few. I really enjoy seeing them everywhere this time of year!
What’s your favorite fall decoration?
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Gotta Love It
I love finding out about blog readers that have businesses. A few weeks ago I got an e-mail from Emily who wanted to send me a fermenting crock as her value for value for enjoying this blog. I have always thought about purchasing a crock, I just haven’t taken the plunge yet. I can’t wait to fill this beauty with cabbage from my garden.
Emily and her husband import these and sell them on their website Stone Creek Trading. When she first contacted me I went straight to her website and was so impressed with what they sell, beautiful crocks, stoneware, wooden cooking utensils and other great items. These are just the kinds of things I love to buy for myself and for gifts!
Emily also offered a coupon code for other Chiot’s Run readers. Use the coupon code: CHIOTSRUN to get 10% off of your purchase. If you’ve been wanting to add a few heirloom items to your kitchen, now’s the time.
Being a small business owner I try to support other small businesses as much as I can. I also love to support people who are part of the Chiot’s Run Community! I’ll definitely be keeping Emily’s store in mind for future gifts.
Do you own a small business or do you have any great small businesses you love to do business from that you want to share?
