Mid-Atlantic Gardening: October is Just Beautiful in The Ggarden!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
It is like a resurrection. Like a "second wind"....Like the "second coming"....

Like the garden is taking a deep breath (instead of a sigh) and getting second wind.
The days are cooler--the humidity less--and the nights are just great for sleeping.....
Getting a second blanket out tonight---GEEZ! Highs tonight in the upper 40's!!!
Can a sudden frost be far away??? Hope not! I will freak out!!!!

Great gardening weather! I have spent the last two days hauling--and NO sweating!!!!
The ominous cool nights are reminders of things that could come--at the drop of a hat--any night now....

Time to clean and prepare all your plants that will have to come inside at a moment's notice.
Did that half a day yesterday----Treated them all with Systemic Granules. Feel more at ease now....
I will be able to just grab and go-----and go---and go---and go-----to get them all inside....

So many of my blooming plants are at their VERY best this time of year.
Makes me realize--that cooler nights are the secret....Plants just need that to get their "second wind".
And--many of them are gifting me with their best just now--even though, in a matter of weeks,
I will have to "bite the bullet" and yank them all out. That really hurts me!!!

Especially my Brugmansias--they ALWAYS have their best bloom-flushes in October.....
just when I will have to cut them back and sacrifice all the existing blooms to bring them in
before the first frost hits....


The still-blooming annuals are beautiful this time of year. Vibrant and colorful!

I walked around my garden today and took a bunch of pictures to share...

Show us yours! Tell us how YOU feel about your garden in the month of October....

Here are some pictures I took just today-----Gita

Jill's Black Ornamental Pepper....got the seeds at the Feb. Seed Swap this year...