Hanna Visits.

9-8-08 SHORT HILLS: Hanna blew into town and out again leaving behind leaves and sticks all over the yard and a few puddles in the basement. She was fairly well-mannered for a tropical storm. The day after was beautiful.

I have been weeding a bit every day, but there are tons yet in waiting. Among those weeds are many wild grape vines courtesy of our bird friends. There are huge wild grape vines in the neighborhood. The birds eat the grapes and congregate in our yard, hanging out on all the berry bearing bushes and trees. The seeds of the grapes, and desirable shrubs such as burning bush, viburnums, barberry are pooped out by the birds, with a little dab of fertilizer. The stuff planted this way that we like we call volunteers, the other stuff we call weeds.

The days are noticeably shorter as we close in on the vernal equinox.
No new blooms.