slim pickin's this week

Yes, it's getting to be fall. The bulbs are coming out and the nurseries are getting empty, even though the weather is still 80 degrees.

This week, we built a fence.......no, it won't stop the deer, but we hope it'll at least make them have to think. See, the problem is not  only that the eat everything, but also that whatever they don't eat, they step on. It's an exercise in frustration.

so, we put up this fence with the idea of re-routing them a bit. They won't jump where they can't land easily, so they'll at least have to walk around. If it works, maybe we'll continue it across the front, although I kind of like it open, like it is now.

In the clearance rack......3 nice pink Echinacea from lowes, another Echinacea, coconut lime (been looking for this one), and a huchera, snow angel, for the white garden. I also scored a couple more $3 daylilies (they're a mystery), and a crocrosmia Limpopo for the back garden. Another bag of Costco bulbs came home, (some drumstick alliums this time), and some fancy daffs, again from lowes.

I'm also waiting for some fall bulb orders to arrive, some placed last spring. The discount was just too much to resist.

This week, some maintenance, a trip to bloomin' bingo and the market, and who knows?

Also starting on the wishlist for next year....it will definitely include more cosmos.

And you just can't have too many irises.....