First Day of Fall (sigh)

[schwarcw]

Summer has offically ended. But, the weather here in Western PA has been outstanding. I enjoy the Fall weather. Cooler temps, dry, the brilliant colors of the foilage. But soon that gives way to raking leaves, cold weather, long hours of darkness and the dreaded snow!:(

It was a good Summer for my garden, which occupies a lot of my free time during the Summer evenings. I thought I'd share a few photos of this year's garden. I hope that you enjoy!

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[audiobliss]

Very pretty!!

[read-alot]

Very nice Carl.

We suffered a drought so ours ended early this year.

[joeparaski]

WOW...outstanding back yard you got there..congrats! Your daughter looks like a sweetheart, mine is 22 "already".

Joe

[janmike]

Very nice Carl. Fall is my favourite time of year bar none. It's what follows that bothers most.

[GV#27]

Wow very nice yard,I wish my lawn looked as lush and healthy as yours does.We had near drought conditions and my lawn has been dead since june.

[Zero]

Carl,

Thanks for sharing those pictures. You've got a wonderful looking yard! I can certainly see why you'd morn each passing of summer!

That said, like Janmike - fall is by far my favorite time of the year. Yet unlike Janmike, my fall lasts longer than just a month or so! hah :)

[ESAVINON]

You have a beautiful garden and a beautiful daughter carl.

[BAD ASP]

thanks for sharing, beatiful work. I like the impatiens. Beautiful young lady too.:D

[hearingimpared]

Summer has offically ended.

You're hired!!!

[Ron-P]

Summer has offically ended.
Thank the weather gods. Bring on the chilly weather and warm ale.

[SCompRacer]

Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolor, Summer is an oil painting and Autumn is a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz.

Very nice Carl! I recall seeing some before pics. High marks on the improvements! I'll show them to Dana.

What a cutie! I'll bet you can't wait till she is dating.:eek:

[mutelight]

You have a beautiful back yard!

I am personally more than ready for Fall and Winter. The summers here in Savannah are absolutely sweltering with 90+ degree weather and unbelievably humid. Overall almost completely unbearable to be outside so I am welcoming the fall with open arms.

[george daniel]

Absolutely beautiful Carl,, very nice indeed.

[Mike682]

Very nice Carl

Your yard looks comfortable. Must be a nice place to relax during some downtime.

[shack]

Fall weather my ass....I'ts still 90° + here in East Tennessee. Normally it's in the 70's. :(

PANIC! GLOBAL WARMING! GLOBAL WARMING! YOU GUYS ON THE COAST NEED TO RUN FOR THE HILLS TO AVOID THE RISING SEAS!

BTW..nice back yard Carl.

[RuSsMaN]

Why does that perfectly good pit have flowers sticking out of it?

[reeltrouble1]

excellent Carl, I know what you will be doing at the fest. I will get the plantings ready for your green thumb........

It had cooled off nicely about a week ago, but it is warm in Ga. again, I still think it will be nice weather for the fest though.

RT1

[bobman1235]

It was 10-20 degrees below normal the past two weeks.... and now this week, the first week of fall, is supposed to nudge up to 90. Go figure.

[sucks2beme]

Fall in Dallas is a good thing. The mornings cool down, and the highs fall back into the 80's.
At least that's what the weatherman is showing for the end of the week.
I also look forward to the pollen count to drop down.
Right now, even my dog is sneezing.

[Willow]

The leaves are starting to change around here. But I love the fall temps for sure!

[Ricardo]

Beautiful yard Carl.

And I second Russ' comment.....shame on you ;)

[thejck]

awesome looking grass. i cant wait for fall in St. lOuis and the rains. i just replanted seed in my yard and have been waking up at 5:30 to water the seed in before i go to work. now that the seed is germinating i can just switch to watering in the evenings. still need rain to come and i need to start cutting the established grass but am afraid to do that for fear of running the new grass.

[Willow]

For our first day of fall it was 33C. Go figure...which is 91F

[hearingimpared]

What a cutie! I'll bet you can't wait till she is dating.:eek:

Carl, I have a large Louis Slugger you can keep by the door when the boys start ringing the bell for her.:D

[Silverti]

This year was cold for us over here. We usually have 15ish 90+ days and this year we had like 3! Then again, they say el nino is rearing its head and the ocean temps down there by Peru are 7 degrees cooler then they should be. They are saying this will give us on the Pacific coast a stormier winter with more mountain snow.

Good thing is that my yard and garden did absolutely great this year! I had 3 tomato plants that just wont stop producing. My 4 zucchini plants grew something like 30. Its getting colder now (sunny in the upper 60's) so I can see the plants starting to have problems.

Would have had a ton of cucumbers this year but my black lab is a vegetation or something and kept going down there and eating them off the vine.

[schwarcw]

Hey guys, thanks for all the kind comments. I enjoy gardening almost as much as audio.

Russ and Ricardo, I was wondering if someone was going to make a remark about the barbecue fire pit. Unfortunately, the evergreens have grown over top of the chimmney. I don't dare try and burn anything in there.

Rich, Ed, Joe thanks for the nice words about Shannon. She's a jewel in my eyes. She's 10 years old. My other daughter is 25 so I am holding on to her youth as long as I can.

[hearingimpared]

Then you better get a bigger bat!:eek: :D

[SCompRacer]

Hey Carl, we lived in a different city when my daughter was younger and just started dating. We had a younger couple living next door, and we got along great with them. The guy always had some of his buddies around working on race cars in the garage. They would tell my daughters boyfriends that I wasn't the one to worry about, they were..... She used to complain to me about that, and I would just smile. Hell, my daughter is still single at 30. And I still worry about who she goes out with.

[hearingimpared]

Hell, my daughter is still single at 30.

Screw my bat Carl, Richie's seems to work waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better!!!:eek: :D ;)

[schwarcw]

Carl, I have a large Louis Slugger you can keep by the door when the boys start ringing the bell for her.:D

I've got an old Winchester pump!:D