This common mallow
(malva neglecta), growing in a sunny, sheltered spot, seems to think it’s still the middle of summer.
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A native flower hanging on.
A few last blooms of purple poppy mallow. This one is such a do-er in my garden; it just keeps going and going, and slowly spreads. Takes a little patience to get it established, but very rewarding.
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Usually once we hit first frost and the dahlias blacken
we’re done with flowers outside until March, but we’re having a last lingering warm week now, and some of the perennials just keep going. Groundcover rose “Lovely Fairy.” New in my garden this year.
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House across the street.
That’s tulip tree above in yellow, and burning bush in the foreground in red. I don’t know what kind of tree that is across the street, but it’s sure purty.
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Quick-pickled the last green cherry tomatoes from the garden
(the ones that didn’t want to ripen). The end result is sharp, interesting, a little bitter – nice with an aged cheddar cheese on a charcuterie board… I used this recipe.
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Final skirt harvest
because it’s supposed to hit freezing tonight. Now I have to figure out if I can actually ripen these green tomatoes…
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Autumn crocuses and artemisia
Lots of white dahlias (they’re so happy in the sunny parkway, maybe I should plant all my dahlias there next year), fairy roses and one more random rose…and lots of weeds. Lots and lots of weeds.
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