Saturday, February 20, 2010

Patch Next to Garage & Some Flowers Update.

Early this morning, I thought I just needed to drive two pegs into the ground around my olive and plum trees and add potash to my tomato silvery fir and chilli fire. It was not meant to be. I spent about 2 hours instead with a seemingly never-ending list of things to do - weeding, staking, tying loose cucumber vine shoots, hand pollinating, adding potash, watering, evening out mulching, harvesting more sweet potato leaves for lunch, caterpillar hunting....it went on and on and on...fewh! Anyway...the calendulas are flowering again! I have pruned off dead branches recently and they are doing so well in this clay soil. :)
The two candy tufts are also doing well! They are forming a circular clump while extending themselves...so adorable looking. Hoping for some white flowers soon. :)
The single bush of white daisies and two bushes of blue daisies are also expanding. Soon, there may be no room for expansion! It's amazing how barren this patch used to be and how fast the plants are filling it up!
The propagated bush of rosemary and the oregano and the bay tree are all prospering too! Getting bushier and taller! I just have to watch out for powdery mildew once the weather gets dry, still and hot.
This bush of white daisies and my diosma are also doing well after planting a short time ago. The former has tripled in size and flowering!
Four lavender bushes recently pruned are also putting on new growths. Expecting gorgeous flowers again.

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