Gardening 2018

[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.

[mon]

We transplanted a fig tree that is loaded this year. My husband snuck into the bush and liberated a small gooseberry tree which appears to be thriving. We also have Lillies, midnight fuschias, salvia and night sky, and red blue petunias. Guess I may need to make chutney one day. Wish I could send some to Pet talkers, not a lot of demand for fig chutney in my family 😐

[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.

[Karen]

We are cleaning up and renewing the gardens at my church. Someone donated three bag full of nice astilbe plants yesterday afternoon, but is handicapped and could not plant them herself. I had such a busy day, I ended up plating them after dark - even on one of the longest days of the year!

[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.

[mon]

Thanks, good to know! I believe I should put a few in every salad with a nice dressing anyway. They are just too pretty to leave out, maybe a little sea salt....

[cats4ever]

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

[phesina]

Lovely! How nice!

[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.

[phesina]

Ooohh, how pretty! Thank you for sharing that great shot, Heidi!