Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid Atlantic chit chat October, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Good of you to start this....It will be like our own little "Face Book"--which, BTW, I have never been on...
And--I will be able to ramble on w/o worrying about "hijacking" anyone else's Thread...

it is amazing how busy i can get this time of year--even if my lawn and my beds no longer
need watering....Been doing cooking--more than usual. Today, i made my annual batch of
amazing "Cranberry sauce"......filled about 12 jars....Several of them will just be given away...

A woman i work with--Kim-- her father fell SOOO in love with my Cranberry Sauce that he wants it
every year for their Th.-Giv. Dinner....I make sure I always have a good-sized jar to give her....
She no longer has to even ask me....
So--that was what took the better part of my day today.

After i was done with that--I went outside and continued to yank up anything and everything
I could from my beds. Still a bit to go......
Then--raking leaves.....bagging them to compost....cleaning up all the beds.....planting 5 new perennials
I bought--and that have been sitting in their 4"pots for over a month now.....NOT done yet....geez!
Have to clean up the beds b/f I can find a spot to plant them in!

I have come to a decision! YUP!
NOT going to grow any more Daturas or 4 O'Clocks next year. I have enough seed from both to
populate the World.....They are too big--and take up too much space--so--DONE!
This will give me some room to try a few other things. Just hope i will NOT succumb!!!!

I have potted soooo many Brug cuttings! (15) Had to--I just cannot throw them away.
Cut all my Brugs back to "skeletons" so i could store them in my basement.
I hope you all will want some at the Plant Swap! P-L-E-A-S-E!!!!!!!!
Still have one Brug outside......I almost want to just let it die a natural death.

So much to be done this time of year!!!! And--it is NOT fun to work outside in windy, cold weather....
I hear next week will be in the high 60's and 70's....A GIFT to all us gardeners to catch up!

AND---I have 3 trays of Coleus cuttings growing......OK for now--but when seed time comes--
it will be difficult! They have to give up their cozy surrounds under my seed lights.......

Gita