Fall Flowers

Last night, Darlene and I decorated the Main Street and the Heart Garden for fall.
Last Thursday we ordered 20 pots of hardy chrysanthemums from Roger at Spring Street Greenhouse.

Roger gave us a great price on these hardy mums and they should make Main Street more festive for the next month or so, or until frost hits.
We probably could have used more, but I thought that would do a good enough job. This money does come from the Flower Fund ($1500 for the year, July 2007 to June 2008) from the town budget and we have to save most of it for next spring. We try to make the money stretch as much as possible, we only pay for some product, but all the labor is free.
We ordered new planter earlier this year, so they will be filled next spring.

Once we got started planting, we realized we needed water, so I made an emergency 'water call' to Dad and Marilyn and they brought down 26 gallon jugs in the trunk of the car, and saved the day!

We also filled the bench pots with mums, which we built last year. I hope people sit on the benches and enjoy our pretty Main Street and the fall flowers.

It is wonderful seeing so many people decorate their businesses and home for all the seasons. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year, although I really dread the winter months and no outdoor flowers. But it gives us more time to pour over the flower/seed books and plan & plot for the next planting season.

Feel free to dump some water on the posies if you see them dry!