October Haiku

Tree Shadow

A piece of the moon

Slips down the tarnished dark fork.

Quick grass laps it up.

Hello Peg,

This week in Tampa feels like summer all over again. Last weekend, I purchased flats of the 'cool season' plants... dianthus, snaps, pansies (love those faces!) ... and now they are all languishing in the shade on the side of the yard waiting for that 'cool season' to return. A cool front is forecast to come by for the weekend and there is also a rumor spreading amongst the cloud people that we could see some showers on Thursday. I may plant then.

At least it is an authorized 'sprinkler night'.

For anyone who does not garden in Florida, we rely on seasonal climate changes to augment our irrigation. There is a wet season (June-October) and a dry season (The rest of the year.). The appointed gods of water management control when and for how long residents may use home irrigation systems, including in-ground timed systems, hoses, micro-irrigation and just about everything else.

This October, while beautiful and in the mid-80s (until this week), has been extremely dry. So we have to water. On Mondays and/or Thursdays between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.

I may just try sweet talking the cloud people first.

October Blessings,

Wren