Fall is in the air!

God, I can't believe that it is already fall; the weather was spot-on today! It was so chilly this morning and stayed cool most of the day. That is unusual for our area. I love this time of year. We have planted some fall crops and even have some ornamental pumpkins that came up by accident. I weed-eated a dried up pumpkin and spread the seeds all over this one area and they came up! The plants are very healthy and we haven't had to water them so far. I hope they turn out great. We have carrots, radishes, turnips, beets, collard and turnip greens planted and they haven't germinated yet but soon will! I love that digging in the dirt. We spent all summer digging the weeds out of every square foot of my mom's yard and it looks good. I weed-eated, mowed, and chainsawed everything that needed it. We have mulched and planted ground cover everywhere we don't want the grass to grow back. It has been hard work but very rewarding to both of us.

June is in bloom!

Man, the last month completely got away from me! I have been busy, as usual, gardening! We have some veggies and tons of ornamentals blooming constantly. It is constant battle with the grass growing where we don't want it, but Mother Nature has been good to us lately, blessing us with some rain! The burn ban was lifted recently and we burned like pyromaniacs! So much brush, tree limbs, weeds, etc. had accumulated in the utility yard that it was unbelievable. Mom is not as physically active as in the past but I do my darnedest to keep everything maintained with the weed eater, lawnmower and chain saw. I enjoy that so much; it is very uplifting for me to be able to do this yard work. Hope to be able to keep it up until I die.