Fall Harvest Moon
The annual fall lily sale by the Northstar Lily Society happens tomorrow. I went to one of these sales several years ago at the Landscape Arboretum and bought lilies still blooming today. Asiatic lilies and martagons, true lilies, like to stay in place and multiply. These lilies are grown by Minnesota gardeners and are hardy in our climate, some of the varieties have been created by these growers and exist no where else.
Kate and I will replant our lily and iris bed with what we pick up tomorrow. Fall planting is one of those gardening tasks I’ve learned to love over the years. Kate laughs about it and reminds of that fateful October 31st evening in 1991 when I had waited too long to plant. We lived on Edgcumbe Road then in St. Paul and I was in the front yard on my knees as the snow began to swirl and the kids came trick or treating.
If you were here then, you remember this storm. We got two feet of snow over two days. Since then, I’m more timely about my bulb planting.
