October 2026

Oct 2, Fri

Not much happening in the garden. A little rain after a lot of time.

It has been mostly cooler than average for last two weeks except for an occasional day here and there

Oct 20, Mon

Not much happening in the garden. Waiting for everything to shut down

The colors in the neighborhood are quite dismal. Most maples are turning brown and falling.

The same with the oak and the red maple in the yard. The red has not much pink.

Very few leaves of the oak are turning yellow before brown

The magnolia is mostly grren. It is the first to change color usually

Oct 31, Fri

It is Halloween.

Not much on the gardening front. The days are warmer and the plants look still very much alive although most of the Zinnias are sportng powdery mildew.

Trees are finally changing color. Only the magnolia and weeping cherry have most of the leaves.

Oct

Oct 2 :This years expensive hydragea acquisition. Grew maybe 4 inches more. Glad it did not die

Oct 2 :This years other expensive hydragea acquisition. Grew maybe 4 inches more. Glad it did not die

Oct 2 : Replanted from the deck (last week) to the front right. All other inground cone flowers have started to shed leaves and looking finished

Oct 2: Replanted from the deck (last week) to the front left. Black eyed susan. Picked from the front right. The remaining did not grow much or flower.