I walked down to the apple tree today. The big tree is fully loaded. I need to get busy and make something of the fruit. The tree produces tart and crisp apples. Good for cooking! I am thinking…put the diet aside and make a delicious pie!!! MMM…that’s the ticket, ma’am!!!
Still have some tomatoes to pick…these might be our last…the color is amazing!
I have always been very fond of the flowers that love fall temperatures, such as zinnias and marigolds. I love to stagger zinnias by height. Oh…and I am considering some marigold petals (Calendula) goat milk soap. So healthy!
The mums are beautiful as well.
And last, but not least, for those of you better with plant names than I (apparently) are, what are these called? They bloom beautifully in the fall. They have grown into a huge plant, planted here when the Amish owned our home. I still get surprises from their plantings, by the way! Like the Lady Slipper’s that popped up this year!
I wish I could include all of these beautiful bounties in soap!
Annies Goat Hill Handcrafted Soaps 
YAY! Autumn is here!
I’m heading back to New York on October 9th so I can spend a week enjoying the fall colors and weather. In Florida, we only get about five minutes of fall and have to wait until December to get it.
My Cinnamon Rose soap arrived and it is amazing, Mary! Very cinnamony. I’m not getting a lot of rose fragrance, but I know it’s in there. Thank you so much for another beautiful product.
I love fresh apples. A friend picked a bucket full for me in trade for a pumpkin and a recipe. So I ‘ll be having fresh apple pie soon, too.
The flowers are pretty. The last one looks like a sedum. I have some of those too. It’s always nice when a “stranger” pops up in the flower and vegetable garden. I have several strangers in my vegetable garden right now.
Mary, that unidentified plant is ‘sedum’ or is is also called ‘forevermore’, which is how long it will last in your yard:) I love the color variation. I too like the marigolds. Can I come and pick all the apples off your tree? I’ll make you a pie:)
Debbie
Becky, I thought the plant was sedum! I saw your post on strangers…you have an entire new garden growing out there!
Alix, I am glad you like the soap. Fragrance seems to be in the eye (nose) of the beholder. I can detect the rose like crazy in that soap. It very much tones and softens the cinnamon down. For someone that isn’t close to a fragrance, such as cinnamon, on a frequent basis, they may detect more cinnamon. Interesting! It is a lovely soap.
I love fall, too. 🙂
We always called the unknown plant “live forever.” Ours have always been a purplish color… and have seen the reddish colors, too.
Happy beginnings…. of fall!
I knew you guys would know the name of that plant! I have a promise for you…next year I will ask you again! 🙂 Because I will not remember!
Debbie…we were posting at the same time. You will need to visit the blog tomorrow!
Mary, the last plant is called “Autumn Joy”. I know that for sure. We have a lot of it and it all came from some we purchased many years ago because our daughter’s name is Autumn Joy. This sedum is very hardy and the flowers add just the right touch to a fall garden, don’t they?
Calendula petals in your soap, would they stay their pretty yellow? Doesn’t matter if they do or don’t, but wouldn’t yellow petals in the soap be pretty?
Kathy, I knew you would know if the plant is sedum. I have seen photos of sedum posted to your blog. So…now I know, and it definitely has several varieties.
Yes, it works in an autumn garden beautifully!
I did know now that was AJ’s name! I missed that fact, and always wondered. Love it.
The petals are supposed to retain the color. I cannot wait to give it a try and post a pictorial here!
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