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Planters are Cleaned Out

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We started the day with Lunch Bunch and good friends, and I’ve spent most of the afternoon outside. What could be better?

I just got the last brick planter cleaned out, the elephant ear and Purple Passion plants, dug up, potted, and put in the greenhouse. Tomorrow I’m planning to spread the rest of the mulch and we’ll be pretty well ready for the colder weather to come.

I found three small hydrangea blooms, so I brought them in and added them to the purple iris I gathered the other day.

I have two more celery plants that are ready to plant. I’m thinking of planting them either in the greenhouse or inside on the window sill. I’ll read and see if I can find out what people think is best.

Starting on Tuesday night we’re supposed to have freezes for at least three nights in a row. I only have the one box of lettuce plants to cover. I’m hoping I can keep them alive to harvest for quite a while longer. Fingers crossed.

I’m going to go have a snack, put my feet up and relax for a while. I hope you’re having an enjoyable day.

 

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Last of the Flowers?

I have one more hydrangea plant to prune before filling the planter with mulch, but I’m pretty sure this is the last of the blooms for the year. I gathered the twice-blooming iris so that we could enjoy them inside. (These usually bloom in April and October – I’m not sure what’s happening this year, but I’ll sure take it.

Today I’m going to see if I can finish cleaning out the planters and getting them ready to mulch. I have 5 left to clean out – three 8-foot planters and two small, tall planters on each side of the front porch. I’m hoping I have enough mulch to finish filling things up.

I’ll prepare pots for the elephant ear and Purple Passion plants, digging them up carefully and putting them in the greenhouse. If it gets too cold in there over the winter, I won’t have lost anything, since I would have dug up the bulbs after the freezes got them and stored them in peat moss in the garage. I’m hoping it won’t get too cold in there. I’m filling lots of small jugs with water and hoping the sun will warm them each day and they will keep the plants warm at night. We’ll see. Fingers crossed!

Have a wonderful day!

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