Although it is like living in a greenhouse (because we haven't had air conditioning since returning from our holidays), most of the plants (indoors and out) are soaking in this heat and humidity. I've only had about four casualties within the indoor group, and no deaths or injuries to the outdoor group. Speaking of my ...
2018 Urban Garden
In the past, I've provided updates from the moment I seed, so obviously I have some catching up to do. Something I struggled with last year and again this year is figuring out the optimal time to start seeding (based on my previous successes and failures). It's difficult to keep all the details straight in ...
I purchased a carnivorous plant
On a walk down Roncy with a friend, I had discovered this jem of a flower shop called Willem & Jools. I had purchased a beautiful calathea (prayer plant). So when hubs and I were invited to a housewarming, I immediately thought of this shop. Unfortunately they no longer carried the calathea, but I found ...
Air layering my fig tree
It's not news that The King (desert king fig tree) is getting too tall for us to easily bring into our garage for the winter. It has grown approximately four feet taller this year, but there is a significant gap between the first junction of branches, and the new growth - 22-inches of space! I managed ...
August garden update – more blushing!
Yep, that's my garden. The forecast for this week is upper 20s, but of course we can't have one predicted dry week. There's rain in the forecast, but at least today is gorgeous. You can imagine how delighted I was to find this happening in my pepper patch! This is definitely a new development. This is ...
It hasn’t been an ideal summer for my garden
It's almost mid-August, and the days are noticeably getting shorter. Yes, it's kind of depressing. We've had some short stretches of hot days, but compared to last summer, it hasn't been a hot summer. It's definitely been a much wetter summer than last year. Combine this with me starting my seeding a month later than ...
Green
Everything is green! The Marcato peppers are a very nice size - all green! Shishito peppers - green. At least I can harvest them green. Another new variety is the Doe Hill pepper. They are round, and green! Remember my Arbol pepper plant that looked all gnarly? It's grown out of that phase (or the thrips have moved ...
Gazania-lious! This is Mother Nature’s form of art
I honestly never feel I need to say much when it comes to talking about my gazanias. The photos speak for themselves. Their behaviour is so graceful, and I would love to one day capture it in time lapse.
Unwanted visitor!
Unlike bees, I am terribly afraid of wasps. Don't you agree that they have a very menacing look, like they are deliberately out to taunt and terrify? That's what I see. Wasps keep me out of my own garden, and I notice them in the mid-late afternoons when the sun is out and my garden ...
Mystery of the hole punched leaves solved
My no longer fruit producing Alpine strawberry plant remains on the potting table. The leaves have been yellowing, so I fertilized it a few weeks ago, and the leaf colour is slowly improving. What remained a big mystery for many weeks, maybe even over a month, has been the hole-punched leaves. I had posted a ...