Not Done Yet

Snow notwithstanding, the garden is still really going to town.  We didn't lose any plants to frost, so the vegetable garden is still pretty much doin' its thing.  I'm so hoping that those last green tomatoes get far enough along to ripen.  I'd love to make one last batch of salsa!

The cooler weather, though, has been just the ticket for the flower beds.  The late hot spell made most flowers look pretty worn out.  Cooler temps have brought out the best of a lot of our colorful friends.

 'Double Delight' Rose

Another 'Double Delight'

'Betty Boop' Rose

Verbena x hybrida - love this color!

I spent a large chunk of this afternoon repotting the geraniums and succulents that I put out into my big decorative pots every spring.  Drives me nuts to have to shell out $2.99 each for geraniums that I can easily overwinter in the garage and replant each year.

I also repotted some special plants that live in the garage all year.  A few years ago, I received a start from my mom's asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri').  That fern has been in my family for at least four generations.  My great-grandmother, Lolah Holmes, took a start of the fern with her in a covered wagon from Missouri to Puyallup, Washington.  I would like to get a nice large plant growing so that I can take starts off of it to share with the next generation.