Image borrowed from Yahoo.October gardening
is mainly about putting things to bed;
it's a long drawn-out goodnight.
A bit like the goodnights on Walton's Mountain.
where the final credits were always accompanied
by all those fond giggles and sugary-sweet voices,
calling from room to room.
Goodnight Nasturtiums.
You've outstayed your allotted span already.
It's time you went to sleep,
the frosts will get you any night now.
The dahlias are getting very tired,
low October sunlight turns
the petals transparent.
Dahlias can't go to bed until they've
been frosted once or twice.
In the meantime, they are yawning,
mouths open wide,
taking a last sip of sun-wine
to store for next year's growth.
It is definitely goodnight to leaves and prunings.
Gardener is belatedly
testing the air for wind directions.
We don't want another disaster like last time,
when he scorched and burned
some of my favorite shrubs and miniature trees.
Crab Apples and Holly Berries
will remain awake for a while yet.
In fact, they will be eaten alive and
provide nourishment for birds
until about Christmas.
I do hope the blackbirds
will leave some of the holly berries
for my Christmas wreath.
The beech tree at the top of the field stands guard
over garden and paddock.
It's unfortunate that there is no beast
to feast on the mast,
but I am fresh out of pigs.
Friko
Posted over on her site Friko's Musings
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