Late September Around The Farm

September and October are my favorite times of the year, with warm and sunny days, cool nights and gentle breezes. The Red Poll girls like this time of year also:

Blue and Remy are so intent on grazing that little else crosses their minds during the day. Their grass muzzles slow down their eating and they want to eat faster:

The pink Rose Mallows slowed down their blooming and the Red ones took over:

Those giant flowers require giant buds:

The fantail pigeons produced many babies this summer and there are two more just hatched nestlings as I write this. They won't hold still for me to count them, but I think I have 35 birds now:

The biggest Ninebark bush turned a darker burgundy color with bright red highlights:

The brightly colored Morden Sunrise rose stopped blooming but the more muted Morden Blush rose took over:

And the morning skies here are often spectacular. This was the northeast sky one morning:

And that same morning, a pink and blue sky to the southeast:

I was so happy with my two Morden roses, the company I bought them from and their prices, that I ordered three more amazingly hardy varieties for this coming spring. One is Watercolors Home Run, a continuously blooming, Zone 4 hardy rose variety:

And a Morden Snowbeauty, a repeat blooming variety which is hardy to Zone 2 (yes, Zone 2 - that's not a typo):

Carefree Delight is a continuously blooming rose, hardy to Zone 4 with canes which grow to 5 feet high. I haven't yet prepared a bed for them but I need to do so before winter because they are scheduled to arrive in April: