Fall around the corner…
It’s Fall, well, almost… There has been some rain this year so maybe the fall colors will be pretty this year.
But it’s also time to garden again and prepare your slice of nature for the winter. I have already received the bulb catalogs but I won’t be getting anything this year–I guess that will be better for my carbon emissions but not so good for my curb appeal for next spring. I am debating whether to apply fertilizer to the lawn. I guess it’s advisable but I am one of those people who actually thinks about nutrient runoff and all the things that go down the sewer in your attempt to achieve the perfect lawn.
If I actually had a house where I knew I would be staying more than three or four years, I would start a composting system for the garden. (Of course, as it is I don’t have any trees so that I can compost their leaves but maybe I could get some leaves from the city.) I would also make it less lawn and more other plants.
This year I have been craving chrysanthemums. I think it’s because I walk by some small flowerbeds at work where the gardeners have planted really dark red mums. I saw their almost velvety flowers and I wanted some of that fall nostalgia on my own garden. So far I have been able to resist going to the store and buying some, but we’ll see if I can make it all the way through fall.
Maybe someday I’ll get to actually garden seriously and consistently and finally put to good use all my issues of Horticulture magazine–so far, not that many, only one year’s subscription.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
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