Growth spurts

Growth spurts caused by rain!

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Getting ready to harvest

The morning glories in the "Topsy Turvy" bloomed today! That is the great thing about morning glories. They look really cool as vines, but one day you wake up and there they are - colorful and beautiful. Thanks, Dad, for the planter!



Their leaves kind of fold up when the sun gets too hot, and they open back up at night. Very adaptable, eh?





This is called a Plumeria. I got it at this weekend's arts and foliage festival. All you do is stick it in sand with no water and it roots with just light and heat. These come from Hawaii. They grow only as big as the pots they are in. If planted in the ground, they grow up to look more like a tree. Otherwise I guess you would call them flowering shrubs. Their flowers are used to make leis in Hawaii. This one I selected will have yellow and cream colored flowers. I think the variety is called Camela or Camelia or something..? (Once it starts growing, you can prune again and root the new cutting).



Peas! - my first time growing these


Tomatoes!


Bougainvillea! (First year blooming)


Garden beans! - My first time growing these


Also we have some itty bitty cucumbers coming out too. Well, that's it for now! C-ya!

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Updates

Everything is springing up!

Morning glories (upside-down)



Upside-down tomato (coming back from last season!)

Peas and beans


Tomatoes and cukes


Cukes


Okra, tomatoes, eggplant


Mini roses


Bouganvillea - we planted this a few seasons ago and this is the first time it has bloomed. It was laying on the ground, so I propped it up for a better display.

Growth spurt after rain

Progress report pics

Small bed


Large bed




Tomato

1 week check-in

Checking in one week after planting. These beds look pretty bare right now but look at the zoomed in shots and you will see that my seeds have begun to sprout :)

Peas/beans bed


Pea sprouts


Tomato/cucumber/dill bed


Under the trellis you will see 3 sweetie tomato plants. They are climbers/vining tomatoes


Tomato/eggplant/okra/kale bed


Can you find the 3 okra sprouts?


First time growing beans and they are really taking off!


So, I have started all of the juvenile plants from seed. This is more rewarding and saves a ton of money! The only plants I bought were the marigolds, to keep pests away.

Well, that's all for now!

Spring!

Beds tilled, compost added, sprouts moved outdoors, driveway bed planted, hanging baskets hung!

Carrots, 1 year in the making