I hear the rain droplets dripping from the tree leaves onto the ground. An eerie mist in the air produces a crisp fall chill. The rain has stopped leaving everything fully plump and saturated. A radiant glow of yellow, orange, and red explodes against the gray skies. I fully embrace a moment like this as I gaze across my garden and recognize the collaboration of I and nature.

Week 43 recap: As fall shows her colors, the garden tasks get a break.

• Shopping and ordering supplies for my caterpillar tunnel.

Plans for week 44:

• Build hoops and assemble my caterpillar tunnel.
• Divide and repot Boston fern.
• Prune Life’s Little Pleasures rose bush.
• Block up foxglove and start hardening off.
• Shell seeds.

Embracing this phase of silence and gratitude to my garden, I am learning to be flexible, straying from plans and allowing nature to display her intent in the stillness.

Thanks for being here,

Lelo