Cold Climate Gardening

A lot of the plants from last month are still blooming, though most of them look a bit weather-beaten and are past their peak. Goldenrod, asters, and Joe Pye weed are starting in the fields. A careful inspection of the wooded hillside reveals the first flashes of red. I’ve always maintained that, for cold climate gardeners, autumn really starts in the middle of August. I suppose you could just as easily say that cold climate gardeners should start their “fall” planting in late summer. But it’s time to start thinking about it, that’s for sure.
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Click on any thumbnail for a medium image, and click on the medium image for an even bigger one, if you want to see detail. If you click on the first thumbnail, you will be able to go through all of them without coming back to the main post to click the next one.

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There is a lot in bloom right now. A lot. I had to make two columns on my sheet of paper to list them all. I thought it would be a good time to test the gallery feature again. Linda sent me a template that helped me get the gallery feature working better. When you click on the first thumbnail, you are taken to a medium-sized version of the image that has additional description. Below it, you will see thumbnails of the previous and next images in the gallery. Further down the page, you can comment on the image if you wish. Or come back here and comment on the post. Or do both. I love comments!

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A small change in routine can make a big change in the gardenI was the oldest of a large family, and I aspired to be a good girl. Not so much in the sense of morally superior; I wanted to do it right, correctly. Even as a child, I was a perfectionist.

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