Fall Garden Update

I really like fall.  I love the changing colors and the cooler weather, and of course the state fair (which is going on right now, and I plan to attend on Thursday!).   Fall is also the season for planting perennials and trees and shrubs so I have been very busy.  I bought a bunch of neat native perennials from the NC Botanical Garden annual plant sale including:  Spreading Jacob’s Ladder, White wood Aster, King Solomon’s Seal (I already have one of these but its very small and needs company), and Pink Turtle head.

I am particularly excited because the west side of our house has been chronically overrun by an invasive called Periwinkle.  Pretty, but bossy!  Despite my best attempts to clean it up the fact that our neighbor had it everywhere in his yard made my annual periwinkle pullings totally moot. This summer our neighbor got all fancy and hired someone who cleaned all his periwinkle up, and I pulled mine up a month ago and so now there is not much left at all.  So now I have a whole new side of the house to landscape.  OK, I guess what I do is not really landscaping but more like: I put plants in and then stress over them, occasionally water them, and act neurotic until they bloom and then subsequently neglect them.

Of course, I also love fall food, and it goes without saying that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, but there will be posts on that, I am sure,  later.