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My Lovely June Plants
The Summer has finally arrived to South Florida. I have gotten into the habit of doing a monthly report on the plants. A good portion have gone the way of the dodo. It is all a learning experience. I am still struggling with the pumpkins. I have managed to get them to bloom. All I need now is to get a single pumpkin to start growing. All I want is at least one pumpkin. If the pumpkin crop turns out to be a failure, I will plant instead bell peppers. I have a lot of bell pepper seeds. I have...
Spring Butterflies and a Blue Jay
Today, we spent the time working in the garden a bit. I only went indoors just now because of the dizziness. It is like super-hot in South Florida. It is enough to melt one’s brains. Anyhow, I saw this butterfly on my new sunflower and so I took a photo. Sunflowers are just precious. I have a couple of new saplings sprouting here, and there. Soon, I might have new tomato plants. When a tomato gets ruined by the birds the hawks missed, I usually just cut it on half and burry it in the dirt. Give it enough time,...
Welcome Home My New Rose
Mother recently got her tax refund. With a small portion of it, we decided to give the front garden a bit of an upgrade. Most of the plants were bug infested or just plain dead. It was time for a change. Anyhow, mom was making most of the decisions of the front garden. I usually mess around the vegetable patch. It is a bit of a chaotic mess, but it produces tomatoes so no one cares. While shopping around a bit, I saw the prettiest rose there ever was. I decided that the garden needed a new rose. One of...
My Strawberries are starting to Come in
My doll is holding the first strawberry that has been born in my garden. Well, it is at least the first strawberry that is big enough to warrant being harvested. It looks real nice, and juicy. I recently added strawberries to the garden. It is all a work in progress. A couple of tomatoes also came in. They are looking quite handsome indeed. Still, I am mainly more of a tomato person, than a strawberry person. Still, it is something that we buy every so often. For that reason, I decided to try to grow my own strawberries. Hopefully, I...
Much Ado Your Pico de Gallo
Today, I went down to Home Depot to get more plants. It is like the only place for miles to get decent plants for your garden. So, for geographical convenience I go there. Also, lately, I have aversion to visiting new places. Enough crazy talk, the entire point of this short rant was to show you the things I bought there. I also did a little bit of window shopping for flowers. I like looking at the flowers, but I am terrible at taking care of them. I have a better hand with the vegetables. Slowly, I am getting better...