Fall Days

The leaves are falling hard and fast now. This week I raked up 13 bags of leaves and there will certainly be that many more in the weeks to come. I will also just mow over the remaining ones and leave them as mulch for the grass.

 

And over the past two days, I managed (with the help of Nick) to dig the remainer of this bed. It is bigger than it looks, at least 15 feet long by 3 to 4 feet wide. The only thing planted here are the three hydrangea shrubs, at either end and in the middle. This gets partial sun, mostly filtered morning sunlight so it will be a shade bed most definitely.
                             

I will put some more foxgloves in here, as well as campanula bellflowers. I think this bed would be good for plants with some height to them. They need to hide the scrubby bush in the lot behind it.

We had a second kitchen window put in this week. This brings much more light into the dining area and we can now see the lovely oak tree that is just outside the window. Oak often hang onto their leaves through the winter, so we may see these leaves for months to come. It will be a great spot to hang a bird feeder to watch the birds over the next five months. And sometimes the deer come through this way and we might see them up close without them knowing.

The only downside to this is that now the kitchen needs to be painted. I already have the paint and tools lined up to do the basement this week, the kitchen may end up being a project that takes some time to finish.