Summer is still holding on! It has been gorgeous, warm and sunny for over a week. Tom Skilling says that's about to change, though, and I'm looking forward to crisp and cool conditions -- sweater weather. My Amaranthus "Love Lies Bleeding" is draping itself all over the place. Since the heavy, heavy rains of a few weeks ago, the plants are mostly laying on their neighbors.
I actually managed to wrestle a few ripe tomatoes away from the squirrels this year. But for the most part, I had to pick them days before they were fully ripe, to let them ripen on my kitchen windowsill. Dang squirrels!
I drew a diagram of my main backyard border yesterday, and also took pictures, to help with garden planning and design (of which I have little!) I have been known to throw plants in wherever there is a space, with no regard to color, etc. The great thing about perennials, though, is that they are movable! It seems like the mistake I make most often is planting shorter things in the back of the border. I always think a plant is going to be taller than it is, I guess.
