Here is the results of my canning pasta sauce...very tasty and it will be good to have this winter. Also the last of the perennials to deadhead. Have a safe Labor Day Weekend.

      ​Welcome back summer temperatures.  At 4:00 PM the temperature is 79F(26C).  dew point is 61F it isn’t too humid and low of 57F(14C) It looks like that will be the temperatures all Labor Day weekend.   Calling for popup showers but not much rain. Almost perfect Labor Day weekend weather.  Stay safe, stay cool or warm, and just ENJOY.
 
Australia family and friends for their Saturday August 30 light rain is expected to stop this morning as their time is 7:00 AM Saturday. Their high will be jacket weather as the temperature will bey 54F(12C). Their Sunday looks good, and they will be back to work for them on Monday will have rain.  Stay warm, stay dry, stay safe. 
 
I told you this week I made pasta sauce.  I made some for lunch the other day, and it was very tasty.  It is Mrs. Wages Pasta mix, and very happy with it.  Over the years I have made this from scratch, but this was a lot easier.  I just had to get the tomatoes ready.  I know this will be tasty this winter and spring.  Larry is on a tractor ride now at the 7-mile corner thresher show that is the start of their big weekend.  He will spend time over there and tell you the truth mostly to visit with the people there.  I will spend some of the weekend working on the Ice Cream Social that we have at our West Fork United Methodist Church.  It is on Tuesday Sept. 2nd.  Beefburgers, homemade bars, chips, and homemade ice cream.  All the money taken in will be given to the North Iowa Vietnam Veterans.  It is from 5-7. Come and join us for this and the fellowship.   
 
I am going to say again where did this year went.  Sept 1st coming up.  Fall, school started, football, volleyball, cross country, and soon harvest.  I must start on next year’s order.  And all of this starts over. Enjoying this last 3-day weekend we can be outside, traveling, camping, fishing. Maybe you can do garden work to do and just being out and enjoy the garden work you have done this season.   
 
Here is the last of the list of perennials that need to be deadheaded.  Hope this list is helpful .
Mountain bluet       Centaurea montana          3-8      Yes      Cut spent flowers back to side shoots; trim stems down to 2 to 3 in. after they’re finished flowering; often reblooms; can reseed rampantly
Mullein          Verbascum spp.      5-9      Yes      Cut main spike to side branches; cut entire plant to the ground after it blooms to stimulate late flowering; deadheading helps this biennial behave more like a perennial
Painted daisy           Tanacetum coccineum     5-9      Yes      Snip individual flowers off to a main stem as they fade; when the stem is finished, cut it to the basal foliage to keep the plant looking fresh; small sporadic rebloom
Peony Paeonia spp. and hybrids 3-8      No       Snip off spent flowers back to the first leaf to keep the plant looking tidy; leave as much foliage as possible to feed the plant
Penstemon   Penstemon barbatus         4-9      No       Deadhead to side buds or branches to prolong flowering; cut stems down to the ground when finished blooming; usually will not rebloom
Pincushion flower  Scabiosa columbaria         3-7      Yes      Pick off spent flowers before seeds form; cut entire stems to basal rosette when finished to prolong blooming; note difference between buds and seedheads — they look similar
Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea          3-9      Yes      Reblooms fine even without deadheading; cutting off early blooms to a side shoot keeps later flowers larger; leave a few seedheads for bird food unless reseeding is a problem
Salvia Salvia nemorosa     4-9      Yes      Deadheading promotes a long bloom period; snip off spikes to side branches; cut stems back to the basal foliage to encourage a late-summer rebloom
Shasta daisy Leucanthemum x superbum       5-8      Yes      Deadhead spent blooms to side shoots to keep this perennial blooming almost all summer; cut spent stems down to 2 to 3 in. for smaller rebloom
Sneezeweed            Helenium autumnale        4-8      Yes      Snip spent flower heads only down to foliage to force side branches to develop and bloom; will continue to bloom until freezing weather if deadheaded
Speedwell     Veronica spicata     3-8      Yes      To prolong the bloom, cut spent flower spike back to side branches; once finished, cut entire stem down to the ground; may produce a small rebloom later
Spiderwort   Tradescantia Andersoniana Group       5-9      Yes      After all of the buds in a cluster have finished, cut the stems back to a side shoot or leaf axil for more flowers; if the plant looks ratty, cut it back by half to encourage rebloom
Spike blazing star   Liatris spicata          4-9      Yes      Cut stems back to the top of the foliage after the flowers fade; smaller second flowers may sprout from the stem or near the ground; if not deadheaded birds will feast on the seeds
Stoke’s aster            Stokesia laevis         5-9      Yes      Deadhead spent flowers to a side bud to prolong flowering; when flowers finish, remove stems to the ground; may rebloom; look carefully — buds and seedheads look similar
Tall garden phlox    Phlox paniculata     4-8      No       Snip off spent flower clusters; flowering side branches develop; deadhead to the ground when it’s finished blooming; seedlings will revert to less desirable colors
Tall sedum    Hylotelephium hybrids     3-10   No       No need to deadhead; leave seedheads standing for winter interest and wildlife or harvest them for dried arrangements; cut stems down in spring as new growth starts
Threadleaf coreopsis         Coreopsis verticillata         4-9      Yes      Use scissors or hedge clippers to shear plants to the ground in late summer to stimulate early fall rebloom; deadheading also helps prevent reseeding
Tickseed        Coreopsis grandiflora       4-9      Yes      Frequent deadheading will keep the plant blooming almost all summer; cut the flower stems back to side branches; eventually remove all spent stems to the ground
Turtlehead   Chelone lyonii         3-8      No       No need to deadhead because this late-blooming plant has seedpods that add winter interest; if seedheads look objectionable, cut them back to healthy foliage
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365  Beckysgreenhouse.com  Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer or Becky’s Greenhouse