Well it was good idea and a valiant attempt at a garden. I remember my Dad made a big planter for my Grandma's apartment. She put it in front of the patio window. She made a pretty nice little garden.

Cut the lily to the ground, don't pull it out (unless you don't want it returning next year). I have huge issues with losing plants due to ignorant (and some not-so-ignorant) people.

We have over a dozen gardens, some as small as 2' x 2' and others as big as 12' x 30'. We have people taking shortcuts through them, kids hanging from trees and landing on the plants below, kids trampling my hostas, astilbe, and spider wort to pick a few unripe huckleberries. We have plants dying from drought because the people responsible for turning on the water can't be bothered.

Every year we replace a few dozen perennials. My neighbour asked why we bother, when something is likely to happen to them too. I choose to be optomistic. I believe that most of these culprits can be taught to be careful around the gardens. There are a few who are just plain malicious, but those trampling the peony while playing tag *can* learn.

Good job with the garden, Ada. I've always wanted one for myself like the ones we grew up with...

Oh, and fall is my favourite time of year too. We try and head to a pumpkin patch every year. The kids have fun and the pumpkins make a great backdrop for photos. We might try a corn maze this year too, if they are still around when we get to it.

You told kids to walk in and look around..HA HA..ya may as well just hired a back hoe and had it dug up. If the whole whole was as trusting and generous as you are, it would be a very nice place to live.

i agree...i looovve fall...the crispness, the colours, wearing your favourite sweaters again...bliss

my kids are too old now to get excited about getting pumpkins for carving, but we still go to a local farm to get one for each of them. i leave them on the front porch, but never prompt them to carve. however, a day or two before halloween the pumpkins always seem to make it indoors to warm up so that they don't freeze their hands as they dig all of the guts out.

Joan,

Some of these kids have actually never seen a garden before. Flowers, yes - they are all around the city. However, vegetables growing out of the ground was actually a forgien thing to them. It was like going to the farm and watching a calf being born when I was a kid. There was no way I was going to send the message that it was off limits to them. They were just too fascinated.