Wow - that looks great!

thanks, Alex, I am working on another section today. 86 is warm, but beats 90.

kay

I wish it were a little warmer here - it's been 40's and 50's, and either rainy or drizzly.

they have been promising us temps in the 70s since early September. Average September temp was 92. It is still close to and will be even closer to 90 the rest of the week, but it is still cooler than it has been. Typically, we will have a week decent week, maybe two, ten it will drop and be cool (lie you are having til it gets cold. But you can't count on it staying cold. It gives the dayilies fits. The mulch helps though.

kay

Kay - I've forgotten - what zone are you? Such hot weather! Don't think I could handle it. Funny that i should have been born in the deep south, but am no longer acclimated to it.

I am in zone 8, Alex. Alabama. I think Maryl has been just about as hot as we have, and Debra has had her share too. Ours just hangs on here,

kay

Kay - I guess we all have our pluses and minuses. In less than a month, it will start to be colder than cold, and stay that way until... April - yikes! Hee hee!

Alex

Is that not the truth, Kay!!! It hangs on until all of a sudden it is too cool to work outside and you wonder what happened to those “fall” plans!! I have so much left to do and doubt I will get it finished. Your garden looks great.

Kate

I’m glad you posted a few blooms, Kay. I was starting to experience bloom withdrawal ; )

Your new bed looks great, hey, I don’t see any weeds!

Sherry

Alex, you are so funny. Kate, that is it exactly...my BED looks great...a lot of garden still to go. Sherry, there are no weeds there, but many still elsewhere. I started in the front (much the largest) area yesterday and have about a fourth of the left front weeded and mulched. Most of the right is weeded but not yet newly mulched but today is another partial day, and all day tomorrow. It will be hot, but time is wasting.

kay

Tree Turtles has been amazing this year for you, Kay! Firecracker Parade still looks too small to me to make it through the winter. I hope it will. Are you planning to overwinter it in your greenhouse?

Debra

I haven't decided yet, but I will soon put it in a larger pot so it has more room for roots.

kay

These are great Kay. Wow, that Tree Turtles is one blooming machine. We have 50's to low 60's with nights in the 40's. Next week we may go back to 80's.

Thanks you, Julie. Typically, when we go to forties and fifties we stay there, but it has been an unusually hot year. September should average 85...it averaged 92. It is supposed to be 70s...not so..high 80s. now. I will get out a bit later when there is some shade to work in or it cools some. Ancient of Days had its last blooms today. A couple more Tree turtles and it will be done at 5 1/2 months of blooms this year. Wow! Longest ever.

kay

Always loved Tree Turtles--it's really proving itself. We are still hot here, but not quite as hot as you. Amazingly enough, we received over six inches of rain in September, but since it was so spaced out, it was difficult for us to realize how much came down over the month. All the newly planted daylilies are doing just fine with all the rain and the cooler temps that came along with it.

There are rwo more buds yet, Avedon. It has been quite a plant. We were short on rain in September, but although this week has been dry, we are supposed to get rain starting Wednesday again. In the meantime I am watering, but the rain came perfectly. My main beds are now about 85% mulched...hope to finish by Tuesday. I have one more plant to move and plant in the puppy garden and one in its place . (it has grownn likd Topsy in the pot). And al the newbies will be set. Hopefully the 90 and near 90 temps will be done this next week, but I will believe it when I see it.

kay

I always like seeing your tree Turtles, I think I like the name as much as the bloom. I have been working on getting my beds cleaned up too, but hot here too. We hit 92 a couple of days ago, 90 or so for the last few days and another tomorrow expected. I don't think it is expected to cool off til Tuesday. October 15 is normally our 1st frost date. I am ready for cooler weather, but hope it does NOT get really cold.

Nancy that is what has been happening here also. I decided I had to get back out there, because the weather is unreliable. One of my autoimmune fun things is Reynauds. which just means my hands won't behave if it is cold, so even though heat is miserable, that is one less worry. I finished the big biggest bed late this afternoon and the greenhouse bed as well. Tomorrow, I plan to finish the iris row and hope to do the rock bed. That will leave a smll portion of the back be, the paths, the asparagus bed and a bed I plan to plant tulips in. Also, the puppy bed, so there is a good bit left, but they are all relatively small. The roses need tending too,,,,don't know if I will get everything done or not. I have used half of the third load of mulch now.

kay