21. work on my garden

I had two goals for my gardening work today:

1. To make it safe to get out of our driveway. The plants in the front of my garden were so tall that we couldn't see over them.


2. To cut back my Michaelmas daisies.

Michaelmas daisies are my favorite of the flowers in my garden. They bloom like crazy for several weeks beginning in late September, long after everything else has stopped growing. With royal purple flowers and orange centers, the blossoms are a delight during one of the most pleasant seasons in Missouri. Michaelmas daisies also grow like crazy. I had some stalks over five feet tall already. They would be nine feet tall and falling over before they bloom. They spread like crazy, too--if anyone in the St. Louis area wants some plants, send me an email (joy [at] mollprojects [dot] com) and we'll work something out.

My garden needs a lot of attention. I took summer classes last year so it has been neglected for a year or more. If it wasn't for my strange juxtaposition of goals, it would never have occured to me to tackle the problems by height. But it's amazing how much cleaner my garden looks after a couple of hours of tackling the tallest problems.