Gardening 2018

[sleepgrazed]

I grow some vegetables in my garden and some orchids too.

[Karen]

I grow some vegetables in my garden and some orchids too.

Wow, where do you live that you can grow orchids in your garden?

[cats4ever]

In our area, North Carolina, quite a few hardy orchids are growing.

https://www.plantdelights.com/blogs/...-in-the-garden

[Karen]

Lilacs in full bloom
Scent the air with perfumed spice
Memories, portent

The heavy clusters
Bend time, it’s forever May;
We are young once more

Gathering armfuls
From abandoned places, white
And purple, fragrant

Silent beauty like
Love notes from ghost gardeners
Tinged with wistful tones

[cats4ever]

Karen, I just saw your picture of that beautiful lilac, and the haiku. I love the fragrance.
The month of May has been a washout. And now, with tropical storm Alberto, there's even more rain coming.
The garden, though, is growing well. But our deck can't handle all the water.
Amazingly, the honey bees are finding their way between the downpours. The first tomatoes are appearing right outside the kitchen window.

[mon]

Beautiful Haiku Karen. Brings so many lovely memories for me 💕

[Karen]

Aww, thank you.

[cats4ever]

I never had really luck with mail order plants. The only one that's ever worked out is an Egyptian walking onion.
It will grow a small bunch of onions on top of the stem, then, the stem will kink, so that the little onions will touch the ground and then grow a new plant, hence the name.
The onions have a pretty harsh flavor, but it's a neat plant, and I had it for about 10 years now.

[cats4ever]

I found this tomato variety, called "Indigo Rose". The little tomatoes look as beautiful as they did in the picture.
But...they have NO flavor. I'm very disappointed.

[cats4ever]

Fall is almost here, and the mums and sedums are starting to bloom.
Last night, the temperature went down to 55 F.

[cats4ever]

This morning, I caught the flowers of my night-blooming cactus just in time before they faded. They were the first ones this year.

[cats4ever]

One last hooray for the summer plants, before pansies are moving in!



Garlic chives


Succulent collection

[cats4ever]

I think I will stick with my container vegetables. A few weeks ago, I tried broccoli and cale in the garden, and the rabbits and cabbage worms got it all.
The Swiss chard in the pot, on the other hand, is beautiful, along with some thyme.

[cats4ever]

This is a dainty little perennial that readily spreads as a groundcover, a white wood aster.
It is still blooming.

[cats4ever]

My garden is exploding with fall color right now. One last hooray before winter!




This is a wonderful plant, extremely fragrant, a sweet olive (osmanthus fragrans):