Aaahhh, sigh of relief. Fall is upon us. The leaves are falling. The air is a little cooler. The wind brings a cool breeze now and then. NOT!!! This is Texas! I love my state but, let's face it, it's HOT here. Sure other places are hotter, but hot is hot and anything over 90 degrees is too hot for me! Today's high is expected to be reach 101. Not ideal for my taste, but pretty normal for life in East Texas. Now let's add fall planting preparations. So, we will be tilling soil, weeding, and other general gardening work in this weather. How do we beat the heat? Get out in the morning except today I didn't so I will only be doing minor work in short spurts this afternoon. Probably in my flower garden, which I love. I am much better with flowers than vegetables.
I started these from seeds. Please ignore the grass. This has been neglected due to extreme heat.
Here are some of our flower garden projects.
That empty plot of sand used to be home to a very happy moon flower. It was so happy that it tried to take over the whole flower bed. We pulled up the roots but I'm guessing it will still come back because I'm so good that no flower will die in my care. HAHAHAHA!!!!! Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Here is a rose my wonderful sister gave me as a birthday gift. It needs a more permanent place to live. Check out the mint growing wildly, everywhere around it. First time I have ever grown it. Love the smell!
Here are some potted plants my mother just gave me. Except the rose on the bottom left is one I had that wasn't doing well in its garden location so I potted it until I can think of a better place for it. The really tall plant is a poblano pepper plant that I really hope I don't kill.
Here are the seeds for fall planting. The pansies are for the flower garden of course. I love the way they smell. I have a website I use as a guide for what to plant and when.
Since I'm such a newbie I really rely a lot on the advice of others and what I read online. Hopefully my fall crops will do better than my spring. Though we did have some great carrots and radishes.
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