Beginner Gardening: From someone GLAD autumn is around the corner, 0 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:

I can hardly believe summer is winding down and autumn is about to begin either. (I was shocked when the neighbors said their kids were going back to school next week! That doesn't seem right! So soon!)

I am not especially fond of the 'change of seasons' -- although like Badseed says, it's not so drastic here in Ohio--but it still happens. Our family was just talking about it the other day--here in Cincinnati it's about right, although the cloudy sky can seem dreary and it's a big reason why we painted the interior of this house bright colors.

I remember when we lived in Wisconsin many years ago, though, the 'change of seasons' was really drastic --the (too short) summer didn't 'start' until the 4th of July and winter was so looooong. And snow on Mother's Day there just about did me in.

Then we moved to CA and for 37 years we never once went to the mountains in winter to 'experience' snow with our children. No thanks! There were people who went up to the mountains and shoveled snow into their pick-ups and brought it back down to Los Angeles for parties, though, and we did take our children to those. That's about all I could endure of the white stuff!

But thank goodness for air conditioning and central heat. It does make the 'seasons' quite liveable--especially now that 'hot fashes' are an issue, too!

But I'm not ready to quit gardening for this year--I'm looking for perennials for my September and October garden--something to go with my reblooming purple iris! Any ideas?!