Greetings from balmy Kalamazoo, where we are more than three weeks past our usual first frost date. The garden continues to bloom:
I did some cleanup yesterday and will need to do more, picking off yellowed leaves, etc., but these zinnias and nasturtiums are going strong behind the shed. They don’t even get much light, and I’ve ignored them for weeks. I’m not sure how they continue to bloom so well.
Purple basil’s also going strong, even after a couple rounds of pesto and nights into the low 40’s.
It looks like Autumn, kind of smells like Autumn, but here they bloom …
The front yard is also bright and cheery.
I can’t believe we have cosmos in mid-October!
I need to harvest those cabbages, but I enjoy seeing their dusky purple each morning when I open the curtains. Garlic is planted, compost partially added. I just need to do some major cutback once we get a hard frost. So far, we don’t even have a frost warning, and Wednesday’s set for 62 degrees. Some trees finalllllllly started changing colors.
It’s a weird Fall here, but given our crazy world right now, I gratefully accept the flowers!