Dull Lull

I have done a great amount of gardening this year. Hopefully, I will see the full benefits of next year. I am continuing this fall to thin out some things and continue conceptualizing what I would like to see in the remaining spaces.I need to continue thinning my lillies and lilly of the valley.

I have did a touch of research and have become very familiar with Michigan Native species of the last two summers. I am focusing on those and using them in my garden as much as possible. (I really like the white lillies. I may keep those even as I get closer to mostly native species.)

I have a section of purple cone flower, black eyed susan, milkweek, yarrow that transitions to peony, black eyed susan, New England aster, blue eyed grass, and butterfly weed, transitioning to butterfly weed, new England aster, lupine, prairie smoke, and columbine. I have wild petunia spreading and wild violet as well as ground covers.

I would like to add a couple of planters of ostrich fern out front with my jacob's ladders, trilliums, big leaf aster, and dead nettle. I will keep the dead nettle. I just love how well it blosoms through out the year in my garden. So pretty!

Other than that, we have not done any house projects other than the deck :(

I pulled the nails out of the trim boards if you think that is something. I will be sanding them, priming, and painting white. I think that and painting my kitchen might be two projects I take on this fall.