Last week I pulled 10 yellow crotons (don’t
know the common name) from my daughter’s front garden, and brought them to my
place. I don’t like to throw away
perfectly good plants, even if they are not to my favorite, so I planted four
around the back garden and the other six I put them in containers to give away.
I must admit the yellow crotons in the middle
of all the green gives the garden a nice look, especially in the early morning
when the sun is coming up.
This week I received my order of vegetable
seeds from Annie’s Heirloom Seeds, they were recommended by a friend. This year I’m trying something a little
different, I will try to grow must of my vegetables from seeds.
In this part of the country we don’t have
green houses to germinate our seeds, so the best place is a shady area to keep
them away from the hot midday sun. I’m trying to grow tomatoes, broccoli and
cucumbers, the rest I will plant later direct into the vegetable garden.
Other pictures from the garden this morning
5 comments:
6 Sialmtsgorgeous bromiliads!!..yes i hate to throw away plants infact Ive been know to rescure them from the gargage...:-)
A true gardener is one such as you, salvaging plants for giving away. You have a lovely well landscaped garden as can be gleaned from the sidebar of your blog. I like the image of the frog in the fountain.
there is something so satisfying about eating veggies that you have grown and nurtured all the way from seed. With heirloom veggies you will also be able to save the seeds.
You're a gardener after my own heart... I saved a geranium by the side of the road the other day and brought it home, even though my main focus is on edibles. I can't bear to kill anything green unless it's a total garden-wrecking invasive. Good luck with the veggies, too.
The yellow pop of colour indeed enhances the green. I just set out some croton cuttings from a friend and my husband recently bought 3 new crotons ( red, purple and yellow) he saw in the plant shop. Haven't had them for years as my cotons died from mealybugs a few years ago. There are some really striking colored and patterned crotons now.
Like you also recently set out some veggie seeds. Calabaza, tomatoes, eggplants, kale, sweet peppers and ground cherries seedlings are up.
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