We've hard our first snow (about 1 cm) and hard frost - winter is on its way. The squash vines have died, as have the nasturtiums and purple clover. Some of the hardier plants are still looking good. Last weekend we ate one of the squash (tasty) with a mix of cold weather greens (swiss chard, kale, chinese radish leaves, etc). The swiss chard actually looks better now than it did in the summer - glossy and firm (next year I'll try planting it in a semi-shade ground spot, rather than a full-sun planter as I did this year). We also had an omelette with cold weather greens, and Mark topped mine off with a baby cucumber 'candle' no bigger than my pinkie finger.
My forsythia in front has put out a few blooms recently; I think my continual pruning through the summer (an attempt to keep it from getting bigger than my house) has confused it; hopefully it will still bloom well next spring. The ornamental grasses continue to look great, and the blueberry bush is still beautifully red. The sedum seems to have grown alot in recent weeks, which surprised me, since I assumed it was a hot-weather plant.
Today I planted all of the bulbs: crocus, anemone, grape hyacinths and a dragon arum. I also planted the gaillardia seedlings I received in the mail recently from Veseys. I expanded the bed in front to better integrate the perennial bed with the sandcherry - now it has a curvilinear edge that is continuous with the larger curve of the main bed. In the extra triangle connecting them I have put in a rhubarb plant that I have divided from the rhubarb in back.
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