My Marigolds announce that it's fall.

My marigolds always exceed my expectations with their vibrant yellows and orange.  I planted these flowers from seed about three or four years ago in a flower bed in my back yard.  When they are a few inches tall, I transplant some of them to the community garden.  I plant them along the outside of the garden bed in the holes in the cement blocks.  Marigolds are supposed to help with unwanted insects.   They have a strong fragrance and that is supposed to help repel the bugs.  They a welcome sight to those of us who are longing for the blooms from annuals that are dying out after summer's end.