Fall Cleanup

I thought that I would take one final picture of my aster plant in the garden. It has been there for about 5 yrs. and gets bigger every year. People going by think it is a mum. It has been covered with bees these last weeks. I gave it a bit of water yesterday and swarms of them flew out. You sure wouldn't want to bend over and smell the pretty flowers. I do have to warn the kids about it, because they like to touch it. I will miss the color on the corner of our front yard.

I did my work in the woods yesterday. Weed wacked, picked up large branches, cut down lilies and other plants. I planted some phlox, that a friend gave me. Now I will have the pink ones on each end ot the area. The rose bush, that we transplanted, has new growth...so it transplanted well. I sat and rested looking at everything and making notes as to what I will do next year. Then I took white markers and marked where all the flowers are, so they won't get stepped on or cut down next spring. I didn't plant any bulbs this year. The critters love to dig them up and some of them eat what I plant. I guess they don't bother daffodils....I may change my mind and plant a few. I want to find some ground cover to put near my statue of St Francis. It's really shady in that area.... I filled the feeders and the bird bath..sat awhile and then came back to the house for lunch. I was tired. I did so much lifting and reaching, and I knew that I would hurt today, so I always take two tylenol and hook up the heating pad, and sit with it on my back during the evening. Today....no pain. I am blessed that at my age I can still do these fun things.

Balisha