If you happen to be reading this on Sunday, you'll think I'm crazy. If you are reading this on Saturday, we're good! Fall is a time of roller coaster weather in the northeast. One day you are soaking in the sun on an awesome bike ride or hike, shorts and t-shirt blowing in the breeze. The next day you're packed under long johns and your favorite wool sweater, watching a high school football game huddled under a blanket. I just visited a friend in Boulder, Colorado and on Monday of this past week, helped him shovel 6" of snow off his front deck! It truly is the most amazing time of year.
My friend has lavender plants growing down below his deck and the wet heavy snow wreaked a bit of havoc on those poor unsuspecting bushes. It made me think of my own fledgling shrubs ba...