Lilies

[sartorias]

When you have a very, very tiny garden, you take your joy where you can get it. Like my little lily patch, which I have been nursing along for fifteen years:

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[green_knight]

They're marvellous! Any tips on gardening on postage stamps? (Ours has a tree in the middle, so really not much space at all.)

[sartorias]

The truth is, I'm a terrible gardener. Some good soil added in once a year (it's sandy here, so close to the beach) and some fertilizer stuff, and remember watering, and that's about it.

The only plants that make it are ones I can plant and they pretty much take care of themselves.

I did have a beautiful lemon tree going that I was proud of--it was giving us delicious lemons every early January and late June--but the roof rats killed it.

[green_knight]

Boo about the lemon tree - what a pity. I'm very much a 'fend for yourselves' gardener. The other day I had a packet of lupins that had five steps of instructions detailing exactly how to soak, sow, cover with soil, keep them at certain temperatures for x days... I soaked them in warm water, threw them out, and threw some compost over them. They'll grow or not. We'll see.

[sartorias]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I do it, too.

[marycatelli]

Lovely!

[sartorias]

:-) Thanks!

[asakiyume]

What beautiful blossoms ♥

[sartorias]

Thank you! Me, too!

[osprey_archer]

What gorgeous flowers!

[sartorias]

:-)