Liatris: Spring through Fall
Flowers can be beautiful in all seasons. Here’s a Liatris in spring, summer and fall.
Which is your favorite?
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The First Frost
Yesterday morning (October 19) we had our first frost of the season here at Chiot’s Run. This is rather late for us, last year it was in late September. It was much heavier down in the valleys than around our house, but since we live on one of the highest hills, we get frost a few weeks later than the lower lying areas.
This means all the petunias will be withering away soon, as will many of my veggies (I have a few tomatoes still in the garden).
The woolly thyme looked particularly interesting this morning covered in frost.
We had some delicious hot cereal (steel cut oats with cinnamon & maple syrup) for breakfast to celebrate the coming winter. Mr Chiot’s and I are super excited about this coming winter. We’re big fans of cold weather and snow. We don’t partake in any snow/winter sports, but we love to run in the winter. So out coming the running shoes and we will start training for the Turkey Trot, St. Patrick’s Day Race and hopefully the Half Marathon next spring in New Philly. So as most runners are retiring to the treadmill, Mr Chiot’s and I are excitedly bundling up for our snowy runs.
Even though I would like to spend a lot of time running, I still have a lot of garden chores to finish up. So I’ll be spending some frigid days out working in the gardens. Everything need a good layer of mulch and a few plants need some winter tidying. We also need to build a cold frame for those carrots, hopefully that will be happening this week.
What are you looking forward to as the seasons change?
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It’s Coming
Fall is well on it’s way here in NE Ohio. The leaves are starting to get really pretty. Hopefully we don’t get a big wind storm or rain storm move through. Looks like it’s shaping up to be a beautiful fall, we’re hoping to be able to spend a few days out enjoying it. We were able to visit the Algonquin Mill Festival yesterday, I’ll be posting photos of that tomorrow.
As I write this post it’s 80 outside, not that I’m complaining it will give my last few green tomatoes a few more days to ripen and it gives my carrots & cabbage some more warm weather for growth.
So what do you do to enjoy the changing seasons?
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Feels like Fall
It feels like fall here in NE Ohio. Tonight the Weather Channel is forecasting lows in the 30’s. There is a definite crispness in the air and when I look outside I notice my lawn is getting littered with leaves. The coloring of the leaves is definitely the harbinger of autumn.
I’m both happy and sad that fall & winter are coming. Happy because I love fall & winter. I love the colors and tastes of autumn, the beautiful leaves, the smell of cinnamon and apples, pumpkin pies and hot cider and the crispness in the air. I always feel like baking this time of year (Mr Chiots is happy about that!).
I’m sad because it marks the end of the gardening season (at least in theory). I’ll still be gardening late into November, planting garlic, composting, clearing out beds, mulching weeding and planting. But soon enough all those chores will be finished and the garden will be dormant until spring.
What do you like & dislike about this season?
