Boltonia

A recent addition to my front yard: boltonia 'Pink Beauty'. It's a native plant, so should do great.

Small September Harvests

Even this "bad" year, I've been able to pick this and that from the garden...

Tomatoes

Todays tomato harvest. The yellow cherry tomatoes are the sweetest.

Today I also planted 15 snowdrop bulbs under the boxwood tree in the front yard, one lemon grass plant in a pot (ladies at Merrifield said it needs to be brought in garage for winter), a hellebore near the back door and a fall crocus near draft junipers in the front.

Big plans for the backyard this fall. I'd like to rearrange the layout and better organize the vegetable beds. We'll see how fast it goes... all depends how much time I'll have, of course. This might be one of the projects that gets to a desired state only after a few years. And that's OK.

P.S. I recently discovered what the beautiful (albeit somewhat invasive) plants in my yard are: Perilla aka Shiso.