Seed gathering & storing

We have hit October and still have some very pretty fall weather here, the Japanese morning glories have just about put on their last showing, the seed pods are getting big, some are turning brown already, this means it about time for seed picking and storing to grow next year!

just look at all of those seedpods!

 yes they WERE pretty, however they are not now, I am ready for them to be gone, it's cleanup time

and wow, there is the pond LOL as each of the different variety of vines had ripe seedpods, I would pick them, label them and yank the dead vines, have to keep up with them!

If you want to save your seeds, just pick when ripe, I put all of mine into brown paper sacks until they are dry, then I just shake the bejeebers out of the bag to release the seed from the dried pod, then I still have to pick the seeds out after I am certain they are completely dry, then I get teeny tiny ziploc baggies to store the seeds in over the winter, make sure you label what they are, don't think "oh I will remember what these are" because NO YOU WON'T lol play it safe and tag them!

there are still a few giving me pretty blooms

but as soon as these seedpods are ripe, they are going to be yanked and no, I don't think I will grow them there again, they were soo messy!

even the black eyed susan vine  thunbergia alata is putting on a show yet

last of the Japanese morning glories

The Japanese morning glories gave me a really good showing this year, but they are about done

 my only complaint is that they have no scent, what a shame!

they have completely covered that handrail, and you can't even see the fish pond in there behind them!

the mums are starting to bloom UNDER the wild jungle of glory vines

Kids homeschooling?

OK yea, I think they were supposed to be doing their homework, I homeschool my 2 heathens but from the look on his face, I think I should go peek over her shoulder to see what she has up on that laptop!

See? hmmmm makes me wonder about them sometimes . . .

and there is baby kitty, always has to be sitting on someone to cuddle with :)

 My beautiful Japanese morning glories are coming to a close for the year, time to get them tagged so I can gather seeds for next year

We are going to build a small greenhouse here, when we sold our other home, the purchaser wanted to buy our greenhouse as well, so we went ahead and sold it to them, but gosh do I miss having one, so we decided we would build one onto the end of our house, now to start gathering material to do that!!

More Japanese Morning Glory blooms

These vines are loving the spot I planted them, on the front walkway handrail!

How can you not enjoy Japanese morning glories, the colors are so much prettier than the standard american variety . . .

Japanese Morning Glories & water hyacinth in fish pond

I love morning glories, but have loved them even more since I found these gorgeous Japanese variety of morning glories

just look at the colors on these, some are even 5+ inches in diameter!

stunning!

see how bright and pretty they are, and I love the varigated leaves they have

 beautiful colors that just pop out at ya!

and they have a beautiful shimmer or sheen to them too, would love to have one of every variety there is out there!

 water hyacinth in my fish pond, they have taken over!

told ya they took over LOL, can't find the fishies in there any longer!!