I started looking at the results of our recent first freeze in yesterday's post, showing the beauty in the big leaves now dead.
We had our first freeze in the St. Louis area a few nights ago, which means that lots of tender plants get turned instantly ugly.
At least that's what the local garden centers all remind you, as most casual gardeners plant in spring and that's it for the year -- or that's how I perceive it. Of course fall is a great time to plant perennials, shrubs, trees, and bamboo, with the ground staying relatively warm for a while still, cooler temperatures and more rainfall (in theory).
Although the fall color has not yet peaked here, most of the trees are starting to do their thing, turning those amazing colors for a day or two or more if we're lucky and weather conditions are right.
This was a pretty poor year for most harvests in my garden. Early spring harvests were fantastic with kale and swiss chard that had overwintered, and the tomato production was acceptable -- everything else was a disappointment to me.
A short post on a busy day. Although we had our first freeze the other night, temperatures will be in the lower 60's F today so it's a good day to get more fall chores done outside.
Remember that first bamboo planter box I created for a friend's garden? Well, the plant that I gave him for that box is just not a "good one".
With a freeze expected last night I spent the last hour of yesterday's daylight digging up my tropical bananas. When I first started gardening I shunned these plants as I didn't like their ratty, shredded-leaf look.
After last year's experience with raking and hand pulling sunken leaves out of the pond for weeks, I decided that those who net over their ponds to prevent the leaves from actually entering the water were on to something.
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