Sunday morning it was 28 degrees at the house. At that cold of a temperature, I guess we can say goodbye to the annual flowers.
On the warm and sunny days of the last few weeks, you may have noticed, on the sunny side of your house or garage, a lot of insects clustered on the wall.
The cold and raw weather has made most of us think cold winter weather can’t be too far off.
We have reached the end of September and we are still short a lot of rainfall.
We have continued to be in a dry weather pattern. As much as any of us dislike having rainy weather for a few days, we desperately need rain for our lawns and our gardens.
Mid September is here and there are a few garden chores that you should be doing now.
It would appear that we have finally had a period of soaking rain. This will do wonders for our lawns, gardens, trees and shrubs.
A summer of hot and dry weather brings a few pests to our yards and our gardens.
We are into August and we are now beginning to get some cooler nights.
A common complaint among gardeners has been that the tomato plants have been slow to grow and set tomatoes.