Rain is predicted for the next couple of days so I spent some time in my gardens while the sun was still shining and the weather was in the 80s.
In My Garden
In the garden
Gardening
A butterfly and some updates!
This hungry butterfly flittered by to check out the garden.
Our weather has been wonderful. The rain finally stopped. The no-see-ums aren’t here yet and we had a lovely cold front come through. Love autumn in Florida.
With the arrival of fall comes many outdoor festivals. Here’s a few that I’ll be attending:
First, October 25th is the open house at Three Sisters Springs. This is free. Stop by Kings Bay Plaza in Crystal River to catch a shuttle and see this beautiful park. There’s even a mermaid show! While there will be shuttles to the park starting sometime in November, there will be a charge. And no mermaids.
I haven’t been able to find any info on the Internet about the annual Blues and Bar-B-Que in Old Homosassa. Guess I’ll have to stop by the Museum Café and ask. And get a Cuban sandwich while I’m there. It’s usually the first weekend of November so that should be November 1st. If you love music, this is a must attend event!
The following weekend, November 8-9 is the annual Old Homosassa Seafood and Arts Festival! There are like a million people that stop in for this show. If you live in Old Homosassa, get enough food for the weekend because there’s only one way in and out! The traffic is insanity!
And another important announcement–Michelle will have a post tomorrow!
And here’s another pic of the same butterfly!
In My Gardens
I’ve been trying to get my gardens back into some type of order since we got back. So much rain!
The garden bed right by the front door was covered with powdery mildew and fungus. I had to cut everything down to the ground. I’ve never had anything like that happen and these were mature plants that have been there for years.
And it’s just not local, here’s the overlook deck on Lake Kanapaha that we visited on Saturday. Underwater! We were really fortunate to get that trip in before the afternoon rains hit.
Thanks to my trip to Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, I think that I’ve identified this mystery fern on my seawall. There are four of them and they just showed up one season. I think they look very cool on the rocks.
I especially like the shape the new growth takes.
I also identified a bromeliad that was in my yard when we moved here many years ago. The one on the left is a Fingernail Bromeliad named for the red color on the tips of the leaves. Michelle gave me the bromeliads on the right. I don’t know what they are but Michelle probably does. They started out as just a few plants but they spread like crazy. I’ve planted them around several trees. Love it when they are blooming.
One more photo of a bloom after the rain…
More rain forecasted for the rest of the week!