Raising Flowers and Horses
The Season of Goldenrod and Aster (and Dahlias)
This is the time of year when the goldenrod and aster are blooming. The serendipitous co-blooming of these native plants marks a very specific moment. It tells me that summer is over, and we are into fall. My mind of course races to winter and my tightly held commitment that the season of short days and cold nights is the hard one.
The “It-Girl” of Flowers
Dahlias remind me of those candy by the pound stores where you can dip in your scoop and pull out all those pinks and purples and oranges. The intense color coupled with the anticipation of all that sweetness was the same feeling I’d come to associate with the dahlia bed.