A Perfect Early October Day

The annuals were still going...






















some perennials were going to seed





















while others were just hitting their stride. The sun was shining, it was near 70 degrees, and one of those perfect days of the year. How many are there in any given year? If you were lucky you got to spend today outside. I spent most of the day in the rose garden, sowing grass seed. I was lucky.

But it feels like fall

and it looked like it tonight at Floyd Bennett. Grass is going to seed (not sure of species, but it turns red this time of year..probably a weed) and my asters are in full bloom. It's the last full night of summer though and already the days feel so short. It was pretty dark before I left for my bike ride home around 7pm. It was a rushed trip to check on the garden. Fall crops are in and growing. Carrots, beets and broccoli are growing nicely and lettuce has already been harvested. Seeds sown for a green manure crop (peas and beans) have sprouted and so has the spinach. Tomatoes and eggplant and peppers continue to ripen, so all is good for now. We have been getting some rain so gardening feels a little easier than it did for most of the season.