Okay everyone...Fall has officially arrived on the calendar, and I had still been in denial until I woke up this morning. We had our first official killing frost last night and things are not looking so pretty in my garden anymore. I am not happy for several reasons. All I did was dump a couple of pots, and a part (not even the whole thing) of one small flower bed and this is what the garbage man had to take to the composting area of the local landfill! 8 Cans of yard waste!
Let me tell you....he was NOT impressed with me. He is a new guy and has no idea what he is going to see over the next few weeks! The dirty looks that he was throwing over the fence were kind of funny....and there was not one grass clipping in any of those cans!
By the time I finish yanking all of the annuals, and cutting down the perennials, there will be a minimum of 50 garbage cans of flowers going out there for him to take. This year the flowers got much larger than any other year, and I planted quite a few more trays of plants out there as my greenhouse is much larger than last year, and so I am sure there will be far more than 50 cans when I have finished.
Once the beds are cleared that leaves a lot of dirt open to the naked eye...it is ugly...not to mention how much of that dirt will be coming into my house on my kids and dog!
So...to make myself feel a little better about the season that I can no longer deny...I did a little decorating in my house. I love the fall colors...just not the cold and the frost ....that I had to scrape off my windows of my truck today...and the impending snow and winter that is just around the corner.
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If he complains to me about it, all I have to say is that at least I didn't ask him to pull them all first! lolWell guys time's a wasting....I have a lot of flowers to pull, and only 8 cans to put them in. I suppose he should be happy for that...8 at a time...not such a big deal is it? lol
Comments
Bella
Hugs~ J.
They won't take composting items at our local waste treatment but like I said nice rich soil for the corner of the farmer's field. So I guess I am fortunate in the regard. I do put some of it in the garden to til under.
Have a great day!
Betty
Wish I could transplant them here, them I'll give them back to you, maybe.
I had some others I didn't tagg that I feel real cloce to , Like I feel about you . . I've been looking for some thing on line I misplaced , but I'll not say what it is now , you'll see .
I hope your yard clean up goes easy , It's a shame it was so late for us to be able to put out plants this year and now it's clean up time already .
LU Friend , Mary
Sometimes I can't leave a message on your comment section..computers !!
Your purple pumkins are sweet and your hutch looks so pretty. Nice story from What Happens In Heaven :)
I'm glad we haven't had any frost, yet!! Are you doing better??
Warmly, Deb
P.S. I hope the stress you are going through eases very soon...you are in my prayers.
Renee