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Ready for Winter

Category: The Joys of gardening | Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:47 pm

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We have been fortunate to have two weeks of sunny days and afternoon temperatures around 70. This weekend I finished up my pre-winter chores. The annuals have been pulled, the perennials have been cut back, birdbaths & birdfeeders got a good cleaning, and the leaves have been raked. There is always more to do but the bulk of it is done. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week!
Thirty five days until winter officially begins.

My knock out roses are still blooming, here are a few photos I took this weekend.




Knock out roses ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






Knock out roses ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






Knock out roses ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )











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Colorful blooms in my autumn garden

Category: Sharing Garden photos | Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:31 pm

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According to the forecast our Indian summer temperatures will be around for another week, sunny skies and 70 degrees (farenheit). The falling leaves keep covering up the remaining blooms. I am including some photos of blooms uncovered after a day raking leaves. On beautiful days like today I don't even mind raking leaves.


Knock out roses ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






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Encore azalea 'Autumn Rogue' ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






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Daisy mums ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )





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The start of a beautiful day in NJ

Category: Indian summer | Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:07 pm

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sunrise in Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )
Just returned from visiting family in NJ. They are also enjoying an Indian summer, 60's and sunny. Took a walk along the ocean every morning.
We had heavy rain while I was away...today I will be raking up all the leaves. Sadly, there is not much autumn color left.



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Another beautiful day to clean up the garden

Category: Indian summer | Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:49 pm

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We have been blessed with an extended Indian Summer in East TN. We have been under a threat of frost for two weeks but have not had a killing frost. Yesterday I added 7 more trash bags to the 30 plus I have allready put out for the trash company. I wish I could compost but the covenents of our community do not allow it.


garden clean up ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )

Today is forecast to be another beautiful day and I will be planing two flats of pansies and preparing the garden for winter. I left a few plants hoping I might have a few more Monarchs passing through. :-)

Tomorrow I am flying to NJ to visit family for a few days so will check back in next week. Hope you all have a good weekend.







last of the blooms ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )





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The Monarch Migration

Category: Sharing Garden photos | Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:42 pm

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I was delighted and surprised to find 3 Monarch butterflies fluttering around my garden today. It seemed rather late for them to be this far north (Knoxville, TN) in November. So I went searching the internet to check it out. I discovered that the Monarchs cannot fly when the temperature is below 50 degrees on a sunny day or below 60 on a cloudy day. They roost close together in pine, fir, & cedar trees on cool autumn nights and after they are warmed by the warm sunlight they continue on their journey south. On the Monarch Watch website they said all the rain we have had may have slowed down their migration.

Several years ago I attended a lecture on the life cycle and migration of the Monarch butterflies given by a volunteer who spends 2 weeks in Mexico when the migration is at its peak. If you are interested in watching a short video on their migration, here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFoSpaNqqeQ&feature=related

There are also many websites on the migration. This is just one that I viewed:
http://www.fs.fed.us/monarchbutterfly/migration/index.shtml


November Monarch ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )





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