Glad you're back, Cinda. Hope you shook them dryland fish....

Cinda. Morels look good. Snow, not so much.

Rain now, light snow in our area. We usually put up the tree just 2 or 3 days before Christmas.

Let's keep all our Chat in one place.

Daffodils shoots are up today...so early and the last stragglers.




(copied from the old "working on" thread.)

The purple loosestrife has been banned in MA. They also imported a wasp which only feeds on that plant. Goldenrod takes over our garden. I like it in some places (near the barn) but it interferes in other beds.

That makes alot of sense, as it was a thug, albeit a pretty one, in my garden, Lucy.

about Goldenrod. It can look nice in some spots...

The back field - early Fall. This is a good spot for goldenrod!


Same area - Summer. The butterfly meadow.


Just found out today that some Swallowtails also feed on Sassafras trees....I didn't know that.


One more step down memory lane (in photos )....then I need to get some outdoor stuff done.

Gorgeous meadow and photos, Chelle!! :hearts:

That sure looks like Goldenrod in its' perfect element, to me! What a lovely scene....

Is this where we are going to chat then or in the monthly thread?

This is the monthly thread, Tee, yes!

Well so it is. Duh.

GR gives lots of material for flower arangements.

Tee!

Oh, Lucy, they sure are pretty in arrangements!

I remember making an Artemesia wreath and sticking the Goldenrod in for a wonderful Fall wreath!

Dang! I have GOT to remember to plant a few varieties of the Artemesia this Spring!!

That meadow is back behind the barn...it's where I want to toss the clay seed-balls whenever we get around to making some.

Finished planting the bulbs today! *Whew*, I was starting to sweat it a bit...worried I wouldn't get them in before the ground froze. It's freezing about an inch deep now every night....just enough to firm it up a bit so that we don't sink when we walk on it. Boy, were my boots a muddy mess though!

Great job, Chelle!

I think bulb planting in cold weather is one of the worst and hardest gardening jobs.....


I haven't been so good and still have more to do...

Chelle, I can't believe you're still doing yard work in your zone. It's too cold for me! I really try to get my yard ready for winter early because I so hate the cold weather. It really has been a warm fall here, but I woke up to 25° today. And it has been so wet- seems it's always raining. This has been our wettest year ever- 69.9" so far. Normal year-to-date is 39.9".

Karen

Bargains, Karen, bargains! ....and three layers of clothes! I'm not a cold-lover either.

I guess I have no excuse, other than living in a fairly warm zone. Even though it snowed yesterday ( ) it was bright and sunny today and I got my last set of bulbs in.

Bravo, Sheryl!!!

I wish I could say the same!
I'll have to draaaag myself out the door tomorrow and get them done.

Only took a couple of months....

If I were closer, I would help you, Janice.

But I'm not, so get your stuff out there!