Outdoor Decorating, Beauty of the Fall Season
by, Terry Ramsey Nov. 1, 2012
Halloween is the second-most-popular holiday
for home decoration, second only to Christmas. Well now that Halloween is over,
I would recommend that you use autumn decorations to keep the outdoor landscape
spruced up. Once you put the ghost and goblins away in storage, rearrange the left-over
decorations for as long as they last. Depending on your area this fall decorating might last through the Thanksgiving holiday as well.
When you start to pull out the
seasonal decorations for your home and yard this fall, think of adding
versatile plants to the mix. Flowers like mums and pansies, or ornamental vegetables
provide fun, bright and creative ways to decorate for fall.
Add a mixture of pumpkins and gourds
grown in the garden, rustic corn stalks and hay bales fresh from your local
farmers market. The addition of colorful plants makes for a great look in your
outdoor space as well. After all, the autumn season is all about having fun and
creating something unique.
Make container plants that will
withstand the cooler temperatures and add the bold colors like reds and yellows,
or tones like purples and blues will provide fresh accents for your yard
throughout the fall.
If you have an area away from the
house you could make an arrangement of Pumpkins, gourds, and fall fruits and vegetables
for the wildlife critters that frequent your neighborhood. I would put all the
raked leaves and nuts that fell from the trees into a pile distant from the
home so that I could easily view the antics of the wildlife that visited. This
area was later raked up and put into the compost for use in the spring.
If you have pictures of your
creative fall decorations and would like to show them off please upload them in
your comments.
Enjoy the Season; it won’t be here
very long. "How did it get so late so soon?" Dr. Seuss
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