[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Qiviut]

Fall is upon us, with a bang! About 2 minutes after my alarm went off, gunfire erupted down on the river .... resident goose season comes in Sept. 1-25. My window was open, so it sounded like the shooting was in my back yard - river is 1/2 mile away by road, probably closer as the crow flies and the river bends around the neighbor behind us.

It was 48° & foggy this morning & after the sun burns off the river fog, it should be another cool, breezy, wonderful day to work outside.

Thanks for the thread .... hope your back is better.

[FreedomPoster]

I moved 2-1/2 months ago. I now live on a postage stamp, albeit one with a great view.

I moved some nice large deck planters. Managed to kill off the mint in one. What I need to do is revive 3-4 large planters, put them all on my WSW facing front porch, and figure out how to get water for drip irrigation up there. Then figure out which culinary herbs I’m going to put in them.

New house projects, I have a billion of them.

[JesusIsLord]

Don't know if I'm out of bounds writing about grass. Zone 6 (PA). My lawn is under full sun. Turf type tall fescue is a recommended grass for this area because it requires little rain and tolerates prolonged heat. This seed constitutes 85% of our grass. This season, we had beautiful grass until July, after which we were hit with prolonged hot weather. The turf type tall fescue goes dormant in those conditions and looks like it died off. We've seen our grass recover from this dead-dormant state many years.

What do I do in early fall to help/prepare the lawn for next Spring? Aerate, overseed and fertilize.

Any other suggestions for prepping the lawn in fall for Spring?

[Bon of Babble]

I love September and all the fall colors - but it is one of our hottest months of the year in So Cal. 97 today and tomorrow with hot winds. Not good conditions for gardening.

But, there are still some very hardy plants that will bloom under our high heat, searing sun and hot winds.

Spider Lilies (my neighbor was throwing these away!)

Plumerias - sorry don't know any of the names, they are very very old and were started from cuttings:

Bougainvillea "Sea Foam"

Happy Labor Day and Happy September, the gateway to Fall!

[Paul R.]

Finally!!!

No, I don’t mean September or cooler weather getting here. Late August’s weather turned out to be great, if a bit too dry...

No, my biggest Mortgage Lifter tomato plant has “finally” set 3 fruits, and judging by the prolific flowering, there will be more soon. I have rigged up some more support.

It appears the plant wanted both the Bloom Booster and Super Phosphate AND cooler weather. Curiously, the weaker Mortgage Lifter plants set a few fruits a few days sooner. Even the one the hornworms damaged has a couple small fruits started, but, IDK if the plant can generate big fruits when it is still recovering & half what it should be.

ALSO, the plants from seeds of what I’m pretty sure were Golden Jubilee tomatoes last year are now growing fruits, and these fruits are still very green and bigger than any mature fruits the “Golden Jubilee” plants I got in starter pots from Menards /Bonnies this spring. The latter plants are still producing fruits that look the same as my Cherry Falls tomato plants are producing.

(The “earliest” of the Bonnies Cherry Falls plants from 4” pots has gone into “stasis” it seems: It’s staying alive, but not growing or producing even with a couple feedings applied in the last 2 weeks. The others, though, are still flowering and fruiting.)

Golden Jubilee tomatoes are heirloom and open-pollinated, so I’d hoped for good results, and, apparently I may get them. :-)