New giraffe bed is coming along
Need to add plants but it looks like there is a little lizard who already likes the new area. I’m not sure what kind of lizard this is, but very happy to see a new species! Natural wildlife habitat is working! Woohoo.
Rainy day hummer
Better late than never
Started lettuce seeds late last year and kept the tradition going with our spring seeds. It has been a busy year, but better late than never!
Growing the usual plants: Thai basil, watermelon, cantaloupe, morning glories and long beans. I usually give a lot of these to friends because you plant extras planning for the worst. I am also trying out zinnias and cosmos from seed for fun.
Also included below is a picture of the veggie garden from both sides. On the inside, growing lettuce and cilantro still. I will let these go to seed. Planted bean and cucumber seeds. Have a volunteer dill plant. I’ve also planted tomatoes from transplants: sweet 100, solar fire, and early girl.
On the outside of the garden, I grow asparagus and rue, blackberries, garlic chives and of course more cilantro. In the background you can see a vitex tree. It blooms a beautiful purple flower and provides lots of color in the heat of the summer. Unfortunately, we found out this year that it is an invasive plant, spreading and crowding out natives in our nature preserves…so we will be removing it this winter.
April in the garden – so much going on
There is so much going on in the garden right now. It is a great time to have your morning coffee outside. First the bluebonnets emerge, followed by the poppies. God is everywhere.
Bee in flight
Cilantro is still flowering and attracting pollinators to the garden. A fun fact about Cilantro is that it can come back year after year. If you let it flower, it will produce seeds that you can plant the next fall. We find cilantro everywhere, near our compost pile, near our burn pile…It smells like salsa when we mow some areas.
Arch
Experimenting with growing roses on an arch. This is not so easy. I selected blush rose to grow on the arch and there is a white Lady Banks rose in the background. It is coming along. I think we have rabbits that eat the blush rose so it is having to fight to get up the trellis.
Anacacho Orchid tree
This little guy is planted under a red oak.
