Should I even publish this!

Would you look what a difference a little rain has made...

it's now looking more like the month of October, and Fall, and has put a touch of gold in the trees.

Got a new sunflower poster to show you...

I loved the other one, with the huge yellow sunflower and a big bee, but it was laminated and the glare was just too much. 

Oh, thank you for the comments on my last post. There were a couple of questions...

Rian, these little fig trees are sprouts from our "Brown Turkey" fig...

Oh gosh, I love fresh figs too. Love eating them right off the tree. So happy to finally have a fig tree growing and producing big sweet figs.

Pilar, I don't put leaves inside the greenhouse, but do add them to garden and around the pots inside the garden. I'm kinda like Tasha Tudor when it comes to adorable little mice...

In fact, I have rescued two of them here on our teeny tiny farm, and posted about them,  (under "labels", see posts called "Mouse Rescue") if you would be at all interested. Just don't tell Poppy :)

Here's another adorable mouse...

a little birthday gift from my daughter Andee.

M.K., Oh my goodness, thank you for the nice compliment. I do have good luck rooting cuttings but, it is just "luck"! I sure don't feel very knowledgeable about anything. :)

The rooted fig trees are from little sprouts broken off the stump of a fig tree that had been chopped down. I haven't tried rooting a fig cutting yet but plan to try.

For roses and box woods, and most other shrubs...I take clippings about six to eight inches long, cut off most the leaves and any buds or flowers and put the cuttings in a bucket of water to sit for thirty minutes or so. Fill pots with potting soil and stick a cutting in each pot, firming the soil around cutting, and water well. I keep these newly potted cuttings near the outside faucet so I will remember to keep  them moist.

I've never had any luck rooting little short pieces of plants, or if the cuttings begin to dry out. A neighbor trimmed her yellow knockout roses and brought me all the trimmings. I was tickled to death. I trimmed them and made several pots but none of them rooted. I suppose the cuttings were not put in water soon enough. Also, cuttings root easier in spring and early summer.

Oh, MK, this is how I root cuttings. I'm sure there are better, more professional ways. 

Wish I had all the money back that I've spent on plants that didn't make it, the thirty years we've lived here. I would have a little spending money!

Good gosh! Time is flying! Hope to be back real soon.

Love,
Henny