October Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

Happy October 2010 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!

Visit all the blogs in bloom through the blog host of this event:

May Dreams Gardens Blog

Oh how I love that my garden seems to thrive upon my hands of neglect in the last month…

Because with how my life has been going, neglect is what is most plentiful in the garden (along with the rain and cooler weather)

The colors that are appearing are just amazing…

This plant above (hydrangea variety) is not in my garden, but something I happened by the other day. Lovely! I may get one of those!

The IronWeed that survived the deer grazing have gone to seed and I have been gathering seeds and spreading them in areas where I think they might do well… I love that their seed heads remind me of being little and playing with dandelion seed heads - all clustered in one spot like little twigs sticking straight up with poofs on top to carry them away…

The side hill project has been neglected. That was until we received a tremendous amount of rainfall in a short period of time and the water from our backyard swale delivered soil from the neighbors hill onto their driveway…

Here I have begun to move plants over to the area where the water tends to collect and needs to be dispersed and utilized and slowed down...

I have been pulling plants from this fern and hosta bed (which was the plan anyway)…

And Hostas removed from this bed just in time for some Hardy Mum to take their place...

Hoping that layering these in amongst and next to the river rocks will help with the water runoff. I know really, next spring is the time for planting along this area...

I am enjoying this front walkway this fall. Nothing spectacular really… Just growing in finally. Although looking at this picture makes me realize which part of the walkway is covered by tree shade… 

That is not so pretty. Oh well…

And this stonecrop (I believe) is starting to really bloom. You know - the parts that actually still have blooms because the deer didn't decide to eat them yet…

I made a quick trip to Florida last week to visit my dad and family - nothing like a slight health scare to get me and Riley on an airplane… Really dad - you just had to ask… Glad you are feeling better! I may have to come visit more often if it helps ;)

My grandma, Riley and I took some walks and saw some cool plants and flowers and stopped to snap some pictures. 

This is a bromeliad I believe...

A Plumeria...

And a huge seed pod from a tree next door.

I really wanted to bring this home with me because it was such a cool find.

It was at least 2 foot long and about 4 inches wide…

But I'm sure there will be more around the next time I visit and I'll make sure to bring stuff to pack it up and ship it to myself. Heck, it would even make an odd but cool christmas present if they wanted to grab a few for me (ahem - anyone in my family down there reading this blog? Just mentioning it…)

Thanks for stopping by!

Oh, and don't forget about the Beads-of-Clay Bloggers Open Studio Event happening on October 24th (next Sunday: 2-5pm EST). Lots of cool artist studios to visit, traditions to share, bead giveaways, and sales to be found through the artist shops.