It's interesting to compare with my last wide shot post at the beginning of September when the shadows were quite different. The bright Autumn Sage or Salvia greggii is now blooming along the street.
For October I'm adding a view of the circle garden in the backyard. The ornamental grasses aren't blooming yet, but now the intense summer heat has broken so I'll soon be showing a lot more of this garden.
The buffalo grass lawn is beginning to green up after the rain last week. Buffalo grass is interesting in that it was brown and literally crunchy before the rains. Instead of growing new blades, the existing grass blades turn from brown to green with the moisture. I've made a note to research how that happens.
So go ahead, join Heather, and post a few wide shots of your yard too.
Looks good. I love long shots.
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for some fall. The rain has been a real blessing. And, hoping for more.
That is interesting about Buffalo grass. We have mostly Horse Herb here. When it gets no rain, it dies away completely. Then, a small amount of water will bring it back from the dead....it regrows. We've had just enough rain this year to keep it green. :)
It's foggy here this morning. So, a good time to get out there and get some more work done. There is always something to do. Think I'll hop over to Heather's and see what she has showing first.
Have a great day.
We have lots of horseherb in the shady areas, it does completely disappear in heat, cold, or drought which is most of the time. At least the buffalo grass remains in place while dormant.
DeleteGlad that your summer heat has broken and you can once again enjoy being outside gardening! Very interesting about the Buffalo grass.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you would consider it cool here, still in the mid-90s most days!
DeleteShirley, when I've seen your second photo I thought the grass was foggy, didn't know it was brown turning green! Here, after fall rains the lawn grows and becomes frozen in cold nights.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was going through the photos I thought it looked very much like frozen dormant grass in colder climates where I have lived. We won't get frost for quite a while yet. The grass actually looks much better than it did a week ago and I'll probably post some progress photos as it continues to green up along the way.
DeleteThe sprinkle of color from the Autumn Sage adds a playful note. I have several things that change leaf color with the seasons, so I'll be watching with interest to see what your research turns up.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good clue Ricki as so far my research has not turned up much science. It does seem to be the reverse of the waning sunshine which causes the Autumn leaf colors.
DeleteI loving your wide shots and Xericstyle's as well. I decided to try taking some of my own wide shots this month and I had to chuckle because I couldn't get a picture of my house from the street. Curb appeal doesn't really translate all that well to country real estate. Anyway, I did finally get some pics and had fun taking them!
ReplyDeleteYou are good about showing a lot of wide shots of your projects for us to follow along anyway. It doesn't have to be a street view of the house, especially since you live in the country. I'll take a look soon and I know I'll enjoy seeing them.
DeleteThanks for posting so much info on each plant you use. I will post a wideshot or 2 to Xericstyle's blog. She has her email posted and I may have to send her the pics directly since I don't know how to post pics to your blog.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see your photos M. The best way is to first publish them on a photo hosting site such as Photobucket or Flickr then you can attach a link here. Facebook also works well for this.
DeleteBoth views look good Shirley. And interesting to hear about the buffalo grass, I'm curious now how that happens too.
ReplyDeleteAfter searching a number of sites this afternoon, there seems to be little information on how it does that. Most references simply state that it "greens up" when not dormant. Not exactly scientific so I will keep looking.
Deleteso beautiful Shirley - I am looking forward to hearing about your buffalo grass research too! Looks like your circle garden is still going strong!!!!! -xericstyle
ReplyDeleteI've posted in comments above what I found so far which is basically not much. I enjoyed seeing your brush pile, I've posted a few of those in the past too.
DeleteIt's great you get to enjoy cooler temperatures and moisture now. Is it dry enough to let you work in the garden and plant things? Now that the rainy season has started here it is hard to find a dry window to work the soil or plant something, and I just bought some grasses to plant. That's interesting about the Buffalo grass, our grass gets brown in the summer then greens up with the rains but I never examined the leaves to see what happens to the brown ones. Your native plants look great!
ReplyDeleteI planted in the mud because I had been on a plant buying spree. It's something of a treat and we don't have to worry about them wilting so much.
DeleteI like the long shots- you hardly ever see those. Everything has really responded to the rain. It has been wonderful!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely views. The native limestone makes a good foil to the graceful arcs of the branches.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same phenomenon here with the native wild grasses. It was brown and depressing until the delayed monsoon season arrived in August, then everything greened up. The chaparral is looking good now, just in time for the first frost, lol. :-)
I love the play of shadows the trees create on the front facade of your house! I wish my crunchy brown grass in the front yard would green up but I think I have to wait until the cool season grass inter-planted there springs to life before I'll see green again.
ReplyDeleteI really like the circle garden...so much color...interesting about the buffalo grass...our sod browns much the same although it never gets crispy.
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