Gardening with Soule

“No Spring nor Summer Beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.” -   John Donne         

We are about at the end of the bloomin season here in upstate NY although I still have plenty of  flowers still holding on.  I am starting to clean up my gardens for winter, moving a few things around in anticipation of next spring.  My morning glories and climatis are still looking beautiful as are the [...]

  The sun has been shining the past couple of days and the flowers seem to be making their last hurrah,  almost as if they know the end of summer is closing in.  The cooler temperatures make them happy but they sure could use more rain.  The bees seem very busy trying to get their [...]

The cooler weather has me thinking of fall.  I took this photo last autumn at the peak of the golds.  Hoping this year is as beautiful. And here is the monochrome version.   A pretty scene but not quite the same effect without the colors of the season.  Still a pretty reflection, just the same.    ~”Autumn.. [...]

Here are some of the beauties still thriving in my garden. Even though I have had trouble keeping them quenched, they are still trying their best to shine.    I guess you can’t keep a good garden down.   Thank Goodness! I Hope your garden is still bringing you pleasure despite the heat and drought of the [...]

This picture highlights autumn when leaves make their dramatic change with spectacular color before they die~ so this is my entry for “End of the Line” Gardening Gone Wild’s Picture This Photo Contest.   Happy Thanksgiving!           Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.  ~W.J. Cameron

 Ever heard of a Bird-scarer, a Moggy, a Bogeyman, a Shuft, maybe a Rook-scarer or a Kelson, Hodmedod or a Tattie bogle?  How about Priapus?   Let me enlighten you,  Priapus was the son of Aphrodite in Greek mythology. Priapus was a protector of gardens and orchards, and is typically portrayed as a hideous looking man.  Birds tended to avoid fields where Priapus [...]

Celebrating my 100th post on this Scenic Sunday!  Thanks to all of you that visit and to all of you that I visit and learn so much from.  Bloggers are one great group of folks that are always willing to share, teach, enjoy and get to know.          A friend knows the song in my heart [...]

                 “October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came – The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, And everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band.“         “October’s Party“~ George Cooper       It is difficult to realize how great [...]

There is still a bit of growing going on here.  The rose bush surprised me with a couple of new buds, even though I thought I had seen the last flower last week. The daisies are still making up for lost time, my hibiscus gave me one last bloom before I brought her inside   and [...]