Bountiful September in the beautiful Hudson Valley

Here we are again at the doors of the colder season.  Unfortunately, this late summer the Northeast was severely hit by hurricane Irene.  All that were affected by this hurricane will remember it for a long time to come.

Upstate New York got plenty of rain with some heavier winds.  For some of us it was merely an inconvenience, but for many people the extremely heavy rains brought great distress. After the ground became totally saturated, the basements began to flood. Widespread power outages greatly complicated matters. In some areas the houses were under water and the ones closer to the rivers were washed away with the force of the rushing waters.  Some surrounding counties were severely hit to the point where people had to be evacuated because their villages were totally under water.  Vermont lost a few historic covered bridges, people that lived close to the Hudson River reported seeing boats, capsized, floating down the muddy river along with pieces of the structures of the bridges. Many cars were buried under the water or under the fallen trees caused by heavy winds. In all this, unfortunately, lives were lost.

This is not normal for the Northeast. We do not usually experience this kind of weather, but this year we are receiving a little sampling of everything.  Prior to the floods a mini earthquake struck us. Nothing major for upstate, but New York City recorded tremors worth mention, with the evacuation of buildings.

We will see what this winter will bring. We hope the people affected by the flood return back to normal or somewhat normal before the winter. Our thoughts and best wishes are with them.

Late August and September are the months of harvest. There are plenty of farmer’s markets with fresh vegetables and all kinds of delicious fruit.  I love stopping at the neighborhood road stands and support local growers.

September is the month of continuing blooms as long as the weather is nice and warm.  If you live in the colder area please protect your flowers for the first or even second frost.  You can prolong the life of the blooms for a few more weeks. This is the season for colorful Asters and Mums. For total protection make sure you continue spraying with Deer Defeat all natural deer and rabbit repellent.  

If you have not yet entered our Deer Defeat Contest please do so before the end of September.  For more information on how to WIN a FREE gallon of Deer Defeat concentrate and other great prizes please visit our home page at http://www.deerdefeat.com/

We are looking forward to receiving your videos or pictures of beautiful flowers, landscape, vegetable gardens and all kinds of shrubs that you have protected with Deer Defeat Repellent this season.

Thank you for reading and good luck with the contest.

Nevia

with Deer Defeat Team     

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