The temps this week are getting more and more frosty and time for some of my favorite fall tasks. I am a bit late in getting some of these things done, but sometimes the “best” time to do things is when you have the time and I did.
Things like welcoming back in the houseplants that have enjoyed the sunshine and rain all summer but certainly don’t want to stay outside in the cold!
Bringing into the garage potted herbs and flowers, I hope to over winter. Note: Sometimes this works for me and sometimes it does not — but always worth the effort. These plants are put in a dark, slightly heated garage and get watered once a month until early spring and go back out! Most do make it!
By far the most fun task this week was clipping herbs and flowers to dry. Since there are only two of us, we don’t need as many cooking herbs, but this is a process I would do even if we never cooked — for many reasons. First of all I love every part of the process… gathering them and enjoying their fragrance. I love how they look in their little bunches hanging around! And, another huge bonus, it takes me back to those days when I was a stay at home mom and had a small cottage business of making potpourri and herb and flower wreaths. A local garden center requested them and it was so fun to do! Mr. G made me drying racks of all kinds for the bunches and bunches of herbs and flowers I needed. Hydrangeas, roses, lavender, grasses, yarrow, sedum, artemisia, tansy, sage, feverfew and such. Yes, sweet (and savory) memories.
In those days many of these dried bunches of beauty were also used as main decorations for the Christmas tree. Things were different every year. As the kids got older they helped to bring things in and of course in decorating. #familyfun Let me just say that both of our grown children are gardeners. I guess it is in their genes or at least in their memory banks!
You can read about my daughter’s garden here. My son has to have herbs for cooking and is always chasing the best tomatoes to plant!
POTTING SHED FUN THIS WEEK:
BLOOM THYME THIS WEEK:
Many bloomers were great at the beginning of the week but not so much today.
Thanks for stopping by.
I hope you have beautiful treasures from your garden to enjoy outside and in.
Goodness! You have more to show off than we do! This is a surprising autumn for us. There is certainly nothing wrong with it. I just expect it to be later than it is elsewhere.
How do you have celosia and phlox blooming now??? I cut blooms of my Little Lime hydrangea earlier and have them drying on the line in the basement. Should make nice show in buxus wreaths next month.
That phlox has been a standout all summer!! I must check on the name! I’ve only had it 2 years.