new garden pics
Over the past few weeks I have done hit-and-miss gardening...haven't spent a lot of time at it since we have been out of town or busy with other things (like dancing) and the weather has turned a bit more rainy. Even so I have noticed new things happening - the garden moves on in spite of me sometimes :)
I did trim one of my lavenders which was getting really bushy and the flowers had faded.
Here is the lavender before trimming:
and here is it after being "sheared":
some plants have spread or changed color, like the Autumn Joy sedums and the elfin thyme:
some plants have come back or shown more color, like these new snapdragons and more ice plant buds:
I have finally seen buds on my calendula that I planted from seeds - up till now I have only seen foliage and wasn't even sure it was from those seeds, but now I can see a few buds.
I have a new sunflower, from mysterious planting (not mine) though so far only one bloom on this shoot :
All this color is a nice reward for gardening work, though I take pleasure in the doing as well. The new work? Harvesting the lavender buds from the stems I trimmed, harvesting the fennel seeds from the seed heads forming, and picking the remaining cherry and grape tomatoes from the pots planted outside the kitchen door. My veggie plantings were not much this year, but they sure look and taste great ;)
I did trim one of my lavenders which was getting really bushy and the flowers had faded.
Here is the lavender before trimming:
and here is it after being "sheared":
some plants have spread or changed color, like the Autumn Joy sedums and the elfin thyme:
some plants have come back or shown more color, like these new snapdragons and more ice plant buds:
I have finally seen buds on my calendula that I planted from seeds - up till now I have only seen foliage and wasn't even sure it was from those seeds, but now I can see a few buds.
I have a new sunflower, from mysterious planting (not mine) though so far only one bloom on this shoot :
All this color is a nice reward for gardening work, though I take pleasure in the doing as well. The new work? Harvesting the lavender buds from the stems I trimmed, harvesting the fennel seeds from the seed heads forming, and picking the remaining cherry and grape tomatoes from the pots planted outside the kitchen door. My veggie plantings were not much this year, but they sure look and taste great ;)