If you haven't gone to one of the local garden centers you are missing one of the finest plants for fall. The mum. You can create a look of cozy warmth by adding a few mums, pumpkins, and gourds to your front steps, around your light pole or maybe by a piece of garden art. Let your imagination run wild. Mums come in so many beautiful colors and are reasonably priced. Yellow mums with orange pumpkins is a sure winner. Tip over a empty flower pot and set either a mum or large pumpkin to start that special look. Use your imagination and go from there.

The last time I wrote, I was on my way out to plant the last tulip bulbs and of course the mytery bulbs that either were dropped and or were dug up by mistake or just misplaced. I always find a few bulbs that roll out of the package or I drop as I am heading out and I have a pot on the shelf in my garage called the loners. I can tell what they are but not the color. Who cares. The weather man was predicting snow starting late in the afternoon. I put on some heavy clothes to keep warm as the temperature was dropping.

It is happening. The Gilead Garden at Haven Park Christian Nursing Home has two new clematis vines. So much has happened since the first visit to the courtyard at the nursing home that those involved are amazed, although we shouldn’t be. Everything is falling into place. We are thankful for being blessed. Two new clematis have been planted by the chain link fence and hopefully by next year most of that fence will be covered by white, blue, pink and violet blooms.