I would like to get very specific in this warm October. You need to water! This lovely Indian summer we are getting can be really tough on plants if they don’t get any water. Most of us have irrigation systems which have already been winterized and turned off. Others of us have no irrigation system at all.
July and August are the months in Richmond when your garden starts to look burnt up, perennials flop and flowering plants have less blooms. Hot temperatures, and rains that last all week can really take a toll on the beauty of the garden.
I recently had someone tell me that they had ripped out their newly planted garden of 6 months because it was all dead. I whimpered “No- just wait! Its still early.
This past July, I interviewed Suzi for the part-time position of gardening assistant. Not only her hands on gardening experiences impressed me . . .