Decided there wasn't a lot going on so postponed it to today. It actually got nippy enough last night I had to change out of my shorts and put on sweatpants. During the day it was mostly fine but stayed cloudy a bit more into midday. Right now it's almost 1pm and clear but not that warm.
Different day, same sky. Patchy clouds in a wonderful blue sky, plenty of sun for the plants and animals. I saw a memory from last year on facebook, it was 93 that day this time of year. Wow. Certainly not having that kind of pre-summer weather this year.
Gorgeous flowers on the epi! Huge pink ones and then today... there's one huge yellow/cream one opened!
That did not have that flower last year! It must be a leaf someone snuck in there and it's only now happy enough to bloom! Same style of flower just different color. That plant is just going off like fireworks this year.
I have a flower on the strawberry! Wooot! It is very happy now and even as I was checking it today, I noticed another one and at least two more buds coming up behind those!
Oregano is filling in nicely, the two green onions I planted are growing as well and the celery I planted is sending up lots of leaves. Yay! I would never have thought of growing celery like that if I hadn't seen Dolores'. Which, by the way, is looking absolutely lush along with the mint.
Wish I had a use for mint (sorry for the blur, was walking Rocky and he tugged on my other arm holding the leash).
That little seedling that I noticed where I planted lettuce and cilantro? Yeah, take a guess... it's cilantro. None of the lettuce is coming up and not really too sad about that. Wasn't expecting much in that dirt. It's hard to see but the black pot with the pepper seeds.... 'one of these things is not like the other'.
I only put jalapeños in that pot. That most definitely is not a pepper and can only wonder if it's just a random weed seed that got in or something else. Will know soon enough I'm sure, would be nice if it was a squash seed but those are replanted in another pot. A weed is only a plant growing where you don't expect or want it.
I planted more of the 'Sweet Aroma' tomato seeds in potting soil this time, which btw, in that bucket and sealed is creating it's own moisture so not getting dry at all. Just have to be careful it isn't rotting on the bottom. I noticed two things about the sweet peas; one is they are setting pods because I'm not cutting them fast enough and two, it's picked up powdery mildew. Not unexpected of course, this time of year is prime weather for mildew. So, as much as I love them I have to think about how to pull them down and maybe work some of the plants back into the soil and into the compost. Wayyy too much to have them all in the tiny compost buckets so they'll go in the green waste bin by the dumpsters.
I added some clear trays to the three containers to boost the heat factor since those are all peppers. The purple tomatillos are getting big and almost to transplant size, hopefully for trading. And I noticed this long black fly hovering around the compost, research on google lens confirmed, Black Soldier Fly which like to hang around compost and lay their eggs. All well and good, I really need to dump those buckets on a tarp and mix them up. Especially since I have those sweet peas ready to come down soon.
A little lizard action for Rocky on his walk, which of course he wasn't able to catch but glad to get him some 'enrichment'. Then there was the lizard in the garden who cautiously skittered along the wall in front of me and on behind the sweet peas.
The big black one, don't know male or female, caught my attention in the corner of my eye so luckily I moved fast enough but not fast enough to cause it to panic and got some video.
And a full panorama of Dolores' flower garden. Marigolds, dahlias, gerber daisies, a sunflower, lemon grass, geraniums, color bowl of petunias, a white mandevilla and yellow 'mandevilla' which may be an alamanda similar to mandevillas. Wayy too much for that spot, oh yes and a succulent in a pot off to the right. She went a bit overboard, oh yes not pictures is three pots of the thai hot chilies over to the left out in the sun on the shuffleboard cement area. That is easily well over $100 of plants, maybe close to $200 including the soil she used. She asked if she could rip up the ivy that was there and without looking the manager said yeah go ahead. Probably not expecting that sort of spread.
Anywho... I'm fine with my small garden and glad I was able to grow one of my favorite flowers and hope to have a bumper crop this year again of veggies.
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