Fall Colors at Happy Acres

It was nice getting out today for a stroll around Happy Acres. I’ve been a bit under the weather for the last week, so it’s good to feel a little more like myself. Anyway, I thought it would be nice to see if I could find any color out here.

First of all I needed to finish giving my lavender a haircut. I had trimmed the lavender in one area a couple weeks ago, but hadn’t got around the bushes on the east side. So today was the day.

Lavender Hair Cut
Lavender Hair Cut

Last week I spent some time at a subdivision nearby where I raked pine needles for our blueberries. Since mulching them, the bushes have turned so beautiful. Here is one of them.

Blueberry Bush In October
Blueberry Bush In October
Blueberry Closeup
Blueberry Closeup

We’ve been waiting on this persimmon for what seems like a long time. This is the second year for this tree and the very first fruit. I sure hope it ripens before winter sets in!

Persimmon
Persimmon

This lonely coneflower is out front.

Coneflower
Coneflower

Then there is chard.

Chard
Chard

This is our first year for chard. It is such a beautiful plant, but I’m still having trouble liking it. I am pretty flexible when it comes to food, and I love turnip greens, kale, and collards (all new to me in the last three years), but chard I’m just not sure I’ll ever like it. Tolerate it – yes. The deer love it so Dave’s covered it with chicken wire. Unfortunately, the last time they got into the chard, they didn’t eat it all. In fact the ones they pulled up Dave was able to replant. Dave’s been a good sport trying to get me to like it. The last dish he added so much garlic that I could barely taste the chard which was a good thing!

Then right around the corner of the garage I found this holly.

Holly
Holly

Just beautiful! And I’ve been threatening to cut it down!

Across the street
Across the street

Our maple is usually beautiful but this year with so little rain, it’s not looking good. The trees across the street are really starting their color show.

I keeping telling myself that there isn’t much color this year, but I’ve come up with quite a bit so far. I think we still have a little  more time and our one burning bush I’ve not hacked on this year, is just about to turn. Hope you are enjoying the colors in your neck of the woods.