The weather doesn’t seem like fall at all – still in the upper 80’s to mid-90’s. Go away, Summer!! But, the leaves are pretty! We will never have the color seen in places like Vermont or Maine or other places in the northeast but it’s pretty here right now.
This morning we had a dump truck deliver a load of mushroom compost. The first year we were here, we had a man with a small trailer bring us a load but we’re going to do some different things in the garden for next year so we ordered a full dump truck load of the mushroom compost and it was delivered this morning. Last week, or maybe the week before, we got a load of soil – not the best but the best we seem to be able to get. We’ll mix the soil with the mushroom compost and some of our own compost, plus some ground up leaves; then closer to time to plant, I’ll add some bone meal or blood meal. I’ll test the pH about six weeks before planting and often we need to add a bit of lime. But, we’ll be ready to plant by mid-April, I hope.
This morning as I was out to get photos of the mushroom compost arriving, I took a few pictures of some of the colorful trees.
The photo below is one of our sassafras trees. We planted three or four of them and the deer made a mess of one this year. We’re hoping it will survive. Vince has now put “fences” around them and you can see that too.
Below is the load of dirt we received recently. In the background are maple trees that are always pretty.
There’s the dump truck backing down our little road.
There’s the load being dumped.
Could that blue sky be any prettier?
I was so glad to see the gardening chores end with that first hard freeze but here I am, not even two weeks later and I’m excited about next year’s garden.
What are your thoughts?