Hello there! Welcome to my Mom in the Garden blog. We have enjoyed some beautiful weather this past month – a true Indian summer. Thankfully, the garden also enjoyed the warmth and sunshine. I think it is still looking pretty good! The one main job I had for September was to trim my boxwood hedges, which was done on one gorgeous, sunny Saturday. Otherwise, it was just typical garden maintenance: weeding, deadheading roses, weeding, edging of beds, weeding, planning for next season, and some more weeding! 🙂
I did get the chance to make another flower arrangement, too. That was quick, easy and fun! I’m scheming on how to somehow manage to create a cutting garden in the yard. I’m not quite sure how to manage that, but I’m thinking about it!
We have two apple trees in our garden: one is called an ‘eating apple’ tree and one is called a ‘cooking apple’ tree. (I would not suggest eating the cooking apples straight off of the tree, as they really need *something* along with it – like sugar!) The eating apple tree has lovely red, crisp and juicy apples. We were very lucky this year, to have had no major storms in September. Usually, when a fall storm passes through, all of the apples are knocked off of the tree at once and then we have to figure out what to do with them all! So far this season, only the eating apples have fallen, and they fell over the course of the entire month. I’m wondering when my kids are going to get sick of apple pie, but no sign of that yet!
Ten years into first creating our garden and parts of it are in need of an overhaul. I’m not yet sure which section we’ll work on this winter, but my head is busy making plans. I just need to get those plans on paper to get them to work!
The weather has been slowly getting a bit colder and we’ve just started to see some frosty mornings. These can be quite pretty when it is sunny! I am thankful that September has been as nice as it has. It is just good for the soul. It also makes for quite a lovely birthday month! 🙂
Take care and stay safe!
In Peace, Dana
A cluster of The Ancient Mariner roses from David Austin. I love how they look like peony flowers.Here is another look at The Ancient Mariner roses from David Austin. Look how many layers there are on the flower!This is a new plant this year – the Eustacia Vye from David Austin. I love the delicate coloring – and the scent is lovely, too. There is a purple Mr. Fokker Anemone to the left, and the main rose bed behind and to the right of it. Another David Austin rose – because they’re my favorite!This bright vibrant pink rose is called Princess Anne from David Austin. The color is fabulous!Princess Anne cluster, because they tend to bloom in clusters.I liked this picture because you can see the Aubrieta to the right which has found a second life at the end of the summer. The Ancient Mariner rose is leaning on a dead poppy head. Here’s a look at the main rose bed after I trimmed the boxwood plants. These are still filling in, so I only cut the tops. The bed is still filled with dead poppies. I’ll be clearing them out and giving it a well needed weeding in the next couple of weeks. This bed was our first rose bed, but is now a secondary rose bed. The boxwood is well established, and I’ve had fun shaping it the past few years. I have to say that after trimming the 3 beds, my arms were pretty darn tired! (This pic was taken after I was finished, but too tired to clear away the cuttings! They were eventually cleared!)Apples anyone? The tree is now nearly bare!Here are some of our pretty red apples and a few crochet pumpkins that I made!It has been a good year for apples!I like the expression “As American as apple pie!”.I love this picture because somehow the apple ended up here on its own!While the red apple isn’t small, the yellow/green one is HUGE! My son did a fantastic job of edging this bed. And here’s the other side – but I have some work to do in the center. It is getting a bit of out of hand!These globe artichokes were still blooming throughout September.A quick and easy summer flower arrangement.Fall vibes in front of the chicken housea frosty run!So beautiful in the fall!Bales of straw make for fun shapes!Happy Birthday to me! A little get away with my husband.
Thank you for stopping by! I hope your September was as beautiful as ours was. See you next time! 🙂
I can’t imagine anyone in your family getting sick of your apple pies. From your lovely photos, it really does look like you had a wonderful September in your garden.
Beautiful house and garden. I have chicken envy! Two silly thoughts – I came over here because I misread Mom in the Garden as Moomin… and then I thought she’s got ‘Mom in the Garden’ painted on the side of her house which would look good actually.
PS If you were a Moomin which would you be?
Hello mjlstories! Thank you for stopping by, even if by accident 🙂 I love having chickens, and they are relatively easy to care for. I waited nearly 10 years to get mine, but it was worth the wait. So I had to google ‘Moomin’! I confess I’m not sure which one I’d be! Which is your favorite character?
I am apparently the Fillyjonk who isn’t a Moomin at all. It does represent part of my character. In one story she shuts herself out on the outside upper storey of her house whilst cleaning windows. Not sure she’s my favourite but I do favour order over disorderly Moomin chaos.
Mama Moomin would love your roses!
Mom in the Garden 
A delightful post, Dana, as always! Garden care, photos, and text prepared with so much love! Thank you!
… and Happy Birthday!
The garden is looking well!
Thank you Paddy. What a huge help to have my son willing to work in the yard! 🙂
I can’t imagine anyone in your family getting sick of your apple pies. From your lovely photos, it really does look like you had a wonderful September in your garden.
Hi Karen, We’ll be having apple pie again tomorrow! 🙂 I’m so thankful the weather has been so kind – we’ve all needed that!
Beautiful house and garden. I have chicken envy! Two silly thoughts – I came over here because I misread Mom in the Garden as Moomin… and then I thought she’s got ‘Mom in the Garden’ painted on the side of her house which would look good actually.
PS If you were a Moomin which would you be?
Hello mjlstories! Thank you for stopping by, even if by accident 🙂 I love having chickens, and they are relatively easy to care for. I waited nearly 10 years to get mine, but it was worth the wait. So I had to google ‘Moomin’! I confess I’m not sure which one I’d be! Which is your favorite character?
I am apparently the Fillyjonk who isn’t a Moomin at all. It does represent part of my character. In one story she shuts herself out on the outside upper storey of her house whilst cleaning windows. Not sure she’s my favourite but I do favour order over disorderly Moomin chaos.
Mama Moomin would love your roses!
Oh I’m with you – I prefer order to disorder 🙂