Sweet Early October Reprieve

Broom Corn, (actually a sorghum and not botanically a corn) Pumpkin Patch, Floyd Bennett Field

The corduroys will have to wait. There's still time for lazing on a sunny afternoon yet.

Dried Corn tassel, (Zea mays) Pumkin Patch, Floyd Bennett Field

Spring, Fall

Maybe not so different after all. (Or at least that's what I tell myself in order to cheer up as I break out the corduroys.) There will be magic again soon.

Where was I? Brooklyn Botanic.

An Early October Bouquet

Zinnias and Garlic Chives Seed heads

So what if they're common? Zinnias manage to provide blooms for so long and are cheap from seed and you can plant them in any color you like. The colors of mine are a surprise to me because they came in a mixed seed package. I planted this round direct in the garden along with my fall crop of carrots, beets and greens and they started blooming last week.

The Feeling's The Same

The early autumn leaves me feeling a lot like in the early spring. I feel that if I stop to blink or don't take advantage of my minutes outside, I'm gonna miss something fleeting and fantastic. And then I'll have to wait a whole nother year to catch a glimpse of it again.

If It Has to Get Cold

Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats) seed head beginning to turn , Brooklyn

at least there will be some color first. Here the pretty seed heads of some Chasmanthium latifolium I passed on my way to the farmers market today. The color is subtle right now and kind of captures the feeling of anticipation of full-on Autumn for me. If I was growing this shade-tolerant East Coast native grass, I'd probably be cutting some of those seed heads to bring in for a bouquet.