As it moves deeper into autumn, the daylight hours get shorter and the weather colder. This means the gardening season is ending, right? Well, not so fast.
Lee Reich is a gardener. He shared his thoughts on growing plants in and around the home. In mid-October, Reich was cleaning up his garden when he heard a weather report on the radio. It warned that freezing temperatures were coming, and this would put an end to the gardening season. But to Reich, colder weather does not mean the end to gardening. He admits that his many vegetables and flowering plants froze to death when temperatures dropped to 1.6°C.
However, in his story, Reich writes lovingly about what is still growing in his garden. Even with a recent frost, he says, there are still leaves on the trees turning beautiful colors of red, yellow and orange. His butterfly bush is still producing flowers. Reich says his rhododendrons and heaths, two hardy flowers, "look as healthy the morning after the frost as the warm day before it". Hardy is a way to describe plants that can live in colder weather.
Reich also suggests looking around your garden or the grounds around it. Some areas may not be as cold as others. A wall or a tree can prevent temperatures from dropping as low as in more open areas. Reich noted that some flowering plants, growing next to the west side of his house still look healthy and strong. It is not just flowers and trees that can do well in colder temperatures. Hardy vegetables can still be productive. There are plenty of cold-hardy vegetables growing in his garden. In fact, he adds, such vegetables look and taste better during this kind of weather than they do in summer heat.
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