Tended

and untended...

October is an interesting time, no matter what plants you're paying attention to outside. There are still plenty of blooming flowers and crops to harvest in the vegetable garden, and if you live somewhere with deciduous trees and shrubs like New York, there is color. Just like in the spring, when there is massive transformation, it's a particularly good time to pay attention to plants if you are trying to learn more about them. The difference though is that the days are getting shorter and not longer, so you have to make the most of the minutes outside in autumn sunlight. (the first picture is on a sunny afternoon at Queen's Botanical Garden, the second, not long before sunset in an untended corner by the shed in my brother's backyard.)