Thursday, 8:00 AM. 42 degrees, wind W, light with moderate gusts. The channel is wrinkled, the sky overcast but the barometer predicts sunny skies,
4,500 daffodils were planted yesterday and the rest should be planted by noon today. Then they will be top dressed with compost and fertilized, and all previously planted bulbs will be fertilized as well. We are using a mix of Milorganite and bone meal, both low nitrogen organic materials, at a rate of about 2.5 lbs. to 1,000 square feet.
The fall colors are beginning to be pronounced now, the sugar and red maples and aspens approaching full color, the oaks just beginning. Put dogwoods, mountain maple and other minor elements into the mix and it is all quite stunning. I find it difficult to take good photos of broad landscape views of fall color, it never seems to do it justice. Some things just have to be experienced first hand.
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