May Gray
I spent half yesterday and half today working in the garden. Yesterday we had a few hours of blue skies, but it looks like today will stay overcast. I'm a little disappointed by where the garden is right now, compared with my memories of other good years. (Compared with last year, which was dreadful, it's doing great.) Today I weeded a lot and tore out some ancient winter cilantro and spinach. I dug in some mulch and planted some 'Purple ruffles' basil. Also replanted cucumbers because it doesn't look like the first planting of cucumbers is going anywhere. I took the opportunity to work in a few handfuls of granulated fertilizer for the tomatoes and peppers and threw some randomly around the rest of the veggies.
The back porch bed is growing in. I would like it to be bigger, but it's growing really fast, so I shouldn't complain.
When I bought the aeonium below, I thought it was 'schwartzkopf' but now I think it might be 'cyclops.'
Yesterday was spent cutting back the goth garden, since it had become too overgrown even for a smallish person like me to get through without ducking and dodging. It still needs some more work, but the greenwaste bin is full.
At the end of the walk is 'geum blazing sunset' known to the husband as 'the big weed'. He says the flowers are fine as long as you're far enough away that you can't see the rest of the plant. Next to the big weed is the pomegranate tree. Still looking a bit short, but compared with what it was, it's doing fine.
Below is the corner of the porch bed with a 'chocolate' sunflower plant and a volunteer tomato. I plan on steaming the sunflower buds and eating them with butter.
The back porch bed is growing in. I would like it to be bigger, but it's growing really fast, so I shouldn't complain.
When I bought the aeonium below, I thought it was 'schwartzkopf' but now I think it might be 'cyclops.'
Yesterday was spent cutting back the goth garden, since it had become too overgrown even for a smallish person like me to get through without ducking and dodging. It still needs some more work, but the greenwaste bin is full.
At the end of the walk is 'geum blazing sunset' known to the husband as 'the big weed'. He says the flowers are fine as long as you're far enough away that you can't see the rest of the plant. Next to the big weed is the pomegranate tree. Still looking a bit short, but compared with what it was, it's doing fine.
Below is the corner of the porch bed with a 'chocolate' sunflower plant and a volunteer tomato. I plan on steaming the sunflower buds and eating them with butter.