Today in the Garden

...................Opossum "playing possum".......................

We're catching feral kittens this week - stray mom put them under my neighbor's shed about a month ago - now they are old enough to leave mom, three of the four were tempted into captivity by "kitty tuna" and "turkey with rice" - nothing apparently tempts mom, she's still on the loose with the other kitten.

However, this morning that little can of cat food was just too good to pass up for this little guy. People say they're so ugly, they're cute. I thought it was just too sweet. It curled up quietly after it's breakfast and never made a sound, it's tail around it's toes, still and silent. Went quietly with the humane officer who promised he would set it free in a wild area somewhere. Opossums do not carry rabies but they can give a painful bite with those big teeth.

Then it was on to the watering as today is our allowed day for sprinklers during this long water restriction by the city. Luckily the night time temperatures are dropping a little so that is helping bring back some life to the struggling plants and shrubs.
The coleus are still doing well and these colors are great for Fall.

My gourds have been stored away since last year and seem none the worse for all those months in a hot attic - they are perfect on the back deck with hydrangeas which dried to a rusty brown.Hope your garden is taking on that lovely golden Fall look - our trees will be turning soon and then not long until leaf raking time.......and jumping in the piles. I assure you we do get a lot of leaves here in heavily wooded North Carolina......just wait and see.