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It's a great time of year for long hours out in the garden. Whether you are out in the fog of the morning watching it slowly lift past the trees and dissolve into sun or enjoying the long golden light of the afternoon september is a beautiful month in the Pacific Northwest.
It is also a great time to plan new projects or if you are like me start on a few that were on your summer list.
This September has had the second most rain fall ever recorded for our area! Inbetween those days you may want to take care of your garden for winter. New pathways, patios, walls, putting down wood chips or gravel on your pathways. All of these will make your garden so much easier to experience in the fall.
You can also use this time to shop for your favorite fall color plants. Visit nurseries, parks, botanic gardens and right down names or buy plants.
Planting in the fall gives your trees/shrubs some time to acclimate before the soil gets too cold. So come spring they have a good "footing" to grow.

Fall pause?

Yes, it's been a long time!
I have managed to stay busy throughout this spring and summer. Yeah! Now that Fall seems to be setting in comfortably I long for afternoons working in gardens. Early morning fog and crisp air. We haven't been getting that yet however it's just around the corner. The last couple of days have been fantastic. Slow to start and then working up to the most pleasant 70 degree and sun filled afternoons.
Now is when gardens pause. They have been for a little while already but if you touch it now it will all fall apart. Sedums growing into asters, ornamental grasses falling onto lavender. It is okay to do a little bit of work but it's best to keep it to nipping and tucking so you don't disturb the displays that your garden has been working up to all summer, layer upon layer.
It is a beautiful time in the Pacific Northwest and even better if you manage to spend some long hours outside.