It has become my challenge to cut and dry the flowers that are ready for the wedding. It has also been a challenge to keep up with dead heading and keeping the fresh flowers looking fresh. Taking a week away from the garden made that job a little tougher, but I do not regret a week of camping during the beautiful fall weather.
Some things that have dried nicely so far are statice, hare's tail grass, and straw flowers. I also dried some bells of Ireland and the dried effect is pretty nice. I have hung up hydrangeas but the ones kept in water in an upright state seem to look better as they dry. I cut some of the Autumn Joy sedum tonight in hopes for something interesting.
The zinnia crop is still looking good on the fresh cut end. Some varieties are getting powdery mildew while others are not as bad. The cosmos looks pretty good, but it wants to go to seed and keeping up with dead heading is becoming tough. I would like to have some seed for next year, so it may not be in the flower arrangements. If we have nothing come through, it really doesn't matter as the florist will just go with what we ordered in the first place.
I have a veil to sew, so I better get to it.
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