Finally! It took a while for a wren couple to move in. For the longest time the wren house was occupied by frogs. I believe they are Carolina Wrens, someone correct me if I am wrong.
Showing posts with label Garden journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garden journal. Show all posts
Is it Springtime yet?
My favorite corner of the yard is the bromeliad area and with sunshine the plants are glowing.
Autumn is here
When the Golden Spider Lily, Lycoris aurea, flowers it signals the begin of Autumn in Myrtle Glen
Looking for the comet Neowise
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| Waiting for the comet Neowise |
The Orlando city generates way too much light pollution, so we drove out to a boat ramp on Highway 50 last night. A few cars were there already with people setting up their cameras. Come to find out this is a favorite spot for the locals to explore the night sky.
Golden Tomatoes
I have no idea where the yellow tomatoes come from. seriously.
Since I like my tomatoes without the squiggly seeds I fillet them and the seeds end up on the compost pile. Spreading the compost leads to tomato plants in the flower beds. But I swear, I never ever bought a yellow tomato.
Simply topped with green onions, salt and pepper they tasted delicious :-)
Read how to: Grow your own green onions
A Bell Pepper plant is growing in a flower bed, also from compost soil I spread this spring time.
It is easiest to let Nature make her decisions in my little tropical wilderness. If the tomato and pepper plants want to grow at a certain spot, it is fine by me.
Feeling watched
Relaxing in the garden, watching the beautiful clouds drift by, I can't help but wonder if I am being watched
Arthur's clouds
The first tropical storm of 2020 named Arthur zipped northward along Florida's coast without bringing us much rain. But yesterday's evening 'sky show' was amazing, Arthur dragged some awesome clouds along.
Scary beautiful, billowing clouds came racing in
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Everglades Tomatoes - Wild and Tiny and Tasty
OMG, they have such a cute name: Solanum Pimpinellifolium. Say it, and say it again and again :-)
Meowijuana
Look at this nice and healthy catnip plant! It wasn't always so.
A Pool in the backyard! What a scary thought to me!
A Pool, we decided, should be added to the backyard. That decision happened in June 2019, after reading horror stories of flesh-eating bacteria all over Florida's beaches and even in rivers and the sweet water swimming areas. So scary. We love to be in the water but I did not want to take chances.
In July was planing time, research, shopping, hiring, and then the excavation on the 18th.
I immediately regretted this decision. Beautiful Myrtle Glen was torn up. Destroyed. Wildlife fled. Plants died. Will Nature forgive me?
All is peachy in Myrtle Glen
Checking on the peaches I am hoping the critters will miss them. we ate all the nectarines and are ready for the peaches :)
plump, and fuzzy, and with its golden glow, doesn't it look just peachy?
What else is growing...
Front yard color
A few minutes ago I look out the window just to see a kid tearing off a Magnolia flower while on his way home from school. No big deal, there will be more flowers, but after he walked on I went out to see if there is branch damage. All good, he broke the flower nice and clean. So this entry will not have a magnolia flower. Since it is gone. Down the road. And hopefully into a vase with water. To make a mom happy.
I am posting a Hydrangea flower cluster instead.
And once outside I might as well snap a few more pictures.
Bromeliads finding new homes
Cleaning out the bromeliad beds in the front yard left me with lots of extra plants I usually give away to neighbors. This year, dividing the bromeliad clusters, I had more than enough so I posted 'Free Bromeliads' on the local forum. I honestly did not think I would get many requests but all went to their new homes in a matter of two days. And I am glad I did that, I met 32 happy gardeners all eager to try their hands on bromeliads. I can only hope they will be as smitten with bromeliads as I am.
Sunday morning
I can't believe how fast the Crepe Myrtles push out their leaves. Just last weekend we were trimming some branches off the leaf-less Myrtles and a week later we are sitting in the light shade enjoying our Sunday brunch in the sunken terrace.
Plant Sale finds
Rainy and gray today
It is a rainy and gray day today. Presses on the mood in a not good way, even though I know the rain is good, waking up the plants from the dry winter hibernation here in Central Florida. So I figured, I brave the water and visit the outside world.
Ugh! Just look at the dreary sky! I am spoiled, I miss the blue sky after just a few hours of this ... non-color!
But, the flowers on the Mango tree do a good job of cheering me up.
A hint of Autumn
Summer heat is hopefully over, this year the heat and humidity stayed in Florida way too long, past the middle of October. There were a few days hinting of Autumn, but they were sprinkled thin.
August in Myrtle Glen
It is just as hot and humid as in July and going out in the yard is not my favorite thing to do right now.
Early morning is still the best time to see the backyard. The sun is waking up and it looks like a spotlight is shining on my beloved elephant ears
