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Hosta Dormant

Haven’t cut them back yet. But they are dormant.
Hosta Dormant: Going domant

Cut these all back in the front. They were pretty well dormant.
Clematis nelly Moser Dying Down: Dieing back

These are just now going dormant.
Rose Flowering: STILL blooming

These roses are STILL blooming. Absolutely amazing. There are some knockouts on my way to work that are blooming too. Supposedly this is the first time EVER to have 4 days in a row over 70 in No...

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Fall leaf cleanup

The leaves on the maples in front finally finished dropping. I was able to get the front and side yards raked. Took about 2 hours. Kinda crazy for such a small area. LOTS of beautiful leaves. ...
Garlic Music Sprouting

About 3" tall
Garlic Chinese Pink Sprouting

About 3" tall.
Sweet Peppers Harvesting: MORE PEPPERS?!?!

I picked the last of the peppers on this thing. Amazing that it was actually still blooming!

Rose Blooming: Blooming in OCTOBER???

This rose that I moved earlier this summer is now blooming!

Sweet Peppers Harvesting: Picking Peppers...STILL!

I just picked 6 more peppers. These weren’t red, but green. I can’t believe I’m still getting peppers in OCTOBER!!!

Sunny side Barking

Got the bark laid last night. 16 ft^3. About 3ish inches deep

Parsley Crazy Big

This stuff got huge here.

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Driveway Vegetable Winding down

The tomatoes, peppers, basil, and parsley did pretty well here. The squash, cukes and watermelon all died. Not enough sun at that end maybe? Strawberries are good in some spots, not in others...
Pink Double Delight Coneflower May be hope???

These may not be a lost cause here. I put a soaker on my veggies and it ended here. Now there is some new growth happening. I’ll leave them for now and see what happens…
Back Yard Planting Day

Planted a bunch of stuff this weekend. Moved and divided hosta, added a rhodo, two butter fly bushes, a red twig dogwood and some coral bells.
Sunny side Planting Day

This weekend I dug a bed along the garage to the left and planted some stuff. I also widened the bed in front of the fence to 4’.
Red Twig Dogwood Planting Out: Planting Day

Put two of these in the side yard against the neighbor’s garage. They look good there.
Rose of Sharron Planting Out: Planting Day

Hope it doesn’t out grow the spot I placed it. It’s about 4’ from the fence and the garages…
White Butterfly bush Planting Out: Planting Day

Planted one of these on the side against the neighbor’s garage.
Sprite Astilbe Dying: Died

These didn’t get any water while I was in Japan. And they are now dead.

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