"October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming - October than May. Every green thing loves to die in bright colors."
- Henry Ward Beecher
Despite the lack of rain this month my drought-tolerant autumn sage and Korean mums are thriving. This season has been feast or famine -the terrible floods that struck disaster to Western North Carolina and now, the second driest October on record. I've lost count of how many notices I've received from the water department on my unusually high use of water.
Summer-like weather has continued and the lack of rain prevents me from adding plants to the garden. I miss my purple asters which were eaten by my neighbor's rabbit. I purchased some netting and sealed off it's entry in the chain-link fence that separates our yards.
I'm praying for rain and a cooler November.
My 'sheffield ' mums attract many types of bees and will continue their blooms into November.
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