December 10, 2025 🌱 This morning we got above freezing for the first time in a while, plus it rained, so it was an all-around soggy mess. Here‘s the ‘Red Flame’ switchgrass in the thawing snow.

December 2, 2025 🌱 It hardly rained all year, but boy did it snow in November.

November 24, 2025 🌱 There’s a new round of construction zone refugees in my garden. We found this peony growing under an enormous baptisia. I hope it likes its new home where it will actually get some light.

November 18, 2025 🌱 Just a few straggling leaves remain on the purpleleaf sandcherry.

November 10, 2025 🌱 The first snowfall this year wasn’t playing around.

November 6, 2025 🌱 We had our first frost this morning. As the garden goes dormant for the winter, I will drop down to posting photos once a week. Daily garden photos will resume when the snowdrops emerge. Daily crochet photos will continue at @threadleafcrochet.bsky.social

November 5, 2025 🌱 The sedge by the compost bin continues to thrive, and continues to bring me joy.

November 4, 2025 🌱 The threadleaf coreopsis still in bloom.

November 3, 2025 🌱 Fall color it is. Here’s a different Virginia jumpseed plant in a lovely yellow.

November 2, 2025 🌱 Virginia mountain mint in fall. It has the cutest little gray seedheads.

November 1, 2025 🌱 Not sure what this plant is, but it’s clear that something finds it delicious.

October 31, 2025 🌱 A fallen maple leaf snagged in the purpleleaf sand cherry. The sandcherry looks like it has magnificent fall color, but its leaves have been this red all along 😆

October 30, 2025 🌱 A cozy corner of the garden. Mushroom log, bright red fallen leaves, fuzzy seeds, and some chocolate mint because why not. The seeds are on a stem that the painters broke and left laying around. My best guess is frost aster, but none of my other frost aster is fuzzy like that.

October 29, 2025 🌱 Trumpet vine spilling over the top of the fence. This side of the fence is deep shade. Trumpet vine likes full sun, so I’m not sure why it has put this much growth into such a spot. But I don’t mind.

October 28, 2025 🌱 The early sunflower is still putting out flowers.

October 27, 2025 🌱 This ground cherry plant is also following its own schedule. The other plant was at the unripe fruit stage three months ago.

October 26, 2025 🌱 This one part of the grey-headed coneflower plant is following its own schedule.

October 25, 2025 🌱 Canada goldenrod, now even fuzzier.

October 24, 2025 🌱 Grey-headed coneflower seedheads. Looks like the birds have already started munching.

October 23, 2025 🌱 There are two new branches on the wee snowberry bush. The dark wood is old growth, and the lighter branches are new. It doesn’t make the most aesthetic photo, but such exciting news!

October 22, 2025 🌱 The late boneset is currently a mix of green stems with green leaves, red stems with green leaves, and red stems with red leaves.

October 21, 2025 🌱 A fall composition. The yellow leaves are Missouri ironweed, the white flowers are frost aster, and on the bottom left is the “Red Flame” switchgrass.

October 20, 2025 🌱 We finally got a solid fall rain. Here’s a glamour shot of a drenched morning glory flower.

October 19, 2025 🌱 The same maple tree three days later. Fall comes at you fast.

October 18, 2025 🌱 Virginia jumpseed turning yellow. I’m not sure whether this is fall color or if this plant is struggling. My other jumpseed plants are still green.

October 17, 2025 🌱 Leafy greens get bitter when the plant blooms, so the sidewalk-crack lime basil is no longer as tasty. But it still smells every bit as delightful.

October 16, 2025 🌱 The maple tree is still a bright summery green.

October 15, 2025 🌱 Are y’all bored of all the plants getting their fall fuzz on? Cause I’m not 😁 Today we have the little bluestem.

October 14, 2025 🌱 The Canada goldenrod is also getting fuzzy. It’s the fuzzy time of year 😁

October 13, 2025 🌱 The white snakeroot is also getting fuzzy.

October 12, 2025 🌱 Missouri ironweed at peak fuzz.

October 11, 2025 🌱 The runt of the columbaby litter. But it’s hung on so far. Fingers crossed 🤞

October 10, 2025 🌱 Between the roofers, the utility work, and now the painters, this has been a terrible year to be a plant in the vicinity my house.

October 9, 2025 🌱 The tiniest frost aster.

October 8, 2025 🌱 The squirrels have ritually sacrificed black walnuts on my sidewalk. I feel the need to point out that I don’t have a black walnut tree, and neither do my immediate neighbors. The squirrels import black walnuts from a block over and then chow down in my yard.

October 7, 2025 🌱 Another of the columbabies.

October 6, 2025 🌱 The late boneset is getting mighty fuzzy.

October 5, 2025 🌱 The largest of my thyme plants has grown pretty large.

October 4, 2025 🌱 The sea of frost aster is all abuzz.

October 3, 2025 🌱 Showy goldenrod in full bloom, plus a bonus sleeping bumblebee 🥰

October 2, 2025 🌱 The sea of frost aster, plus a bit of early sunflower.

October 1, 2025 🌱 My latest acquisition: large-flowered beardtongue. Yes, that tiny seedling 😁

September 30, 2025 🌱 I swear these fall leaves weren’t there the last time I stepped outside.

September 29, 2025 🌱 The grass-leaved goldenrod has plenty of leaves and a single little flowerhead.

September 28, 2025 🌱 Showy goldenrod, with frost aster on the left and smooth blue aster on the right.

September 27, 2025 🌱 The tiniest morning glory.

September 26, 2025 🌱 A silver-spotted skipper on a potted geranium.

September 25, 2025 🌱 Prairie petunia stems loaded with seedpods.

September 24, 2025 🌱 Fall color on the rose mallow.

September 23, 2025 🌱 The blue-stemmed goldenrod decided to grow sideways instead of up. It’s not broken. It’s just… horizontal. Besides that minor quirk, it seems to be doing fine.