It's been a while since I've done a Garden Update! Here's a pre-holiday splash of color! :-) Red & White for some Christmas cheer (although we haven't had Thanks Giving yet)
We've had a few good rains these past few weeks and another rain coming on Turkey Day.
We're thankful for the rain, yet worried about the radiation fall out from Fukushima. There really isn't much we CAN do about it besides stop growing food all together.
We've had a few good rains these past few weeks and another rain coming on Turkey Day.
We're thankful for the rain, yet worried about the radiation fall out from Fukushima. There really isn't much we CAN do about it besides stop growing food all together.
The Mandarins in the backyard are starting to blush too
Broccoli (the larger leaves), Red Leaf Lettuces and Daikon Radishes
The Swiss Chard that doesn't quit; I chopped all the Chard during mid-summer when it started getting invaded by aphids. This one decided it wanted to stick around even though I butchered it! Go Chard! Baby Daikon radishes in the back, cotton on the right side.
Lettuce among the bulb onions
Can you find the sneaky Chayotes?
Must clean up. Tomato that needs to be taken down.
Elephant Head Amaranth on the left, Eggplant in the middle and New Zealand Spinach in the back. All about 2' away from the Valencia Orange
Here's the NZ Spinach right under the Orange Tree
Navel Orange Tree starting to ripen
Raindrops sparkling on the Lemon Grass
Gardenias
Rain accumulating in the pockets of the relief
I like the color contrast of the Red Leaf Lettuce and gravel in the background
Rain-drenched Morning Glories
Hawk!!
Our Pineapple Sage brings lots of humming birds
This time I somehow captured his ultra-fast wings!
Strange bug on a green tomato.
The bright glare is from the stainless steel bowl
The bright glare is from the stainless steel bowl
Reddish Mums!
White Mums :-)
Our goldfish...that live in 35 gallon trashbins.
Yes, ghetto and yes the water is quite green, but they seem happy.
Even more ghetto perhaps, is that they eat our slugs and small grasshoppers.
Hey, they are an important part of the cycle.
We use the some of the water from their tank on the lawn to feed it every-so-often,
then the lawn is cut and becomes compost or mulch.
This was on a sunny day, shot from our front window.
Can you believe we have Plumerias growing in November?
4 comments:
Lovely! We're on to winter already so I am sighing heavily over your garden.
Really hoping the fallout falls out where Mother Nature can mitigate it. Poor Japan. Such an amazing place... such a tremendous tragedy.
I love the idea of goldfish in buckets! I think that's fabulous. Always love your updates.
Wow! Hummingbirds are so neat. I'd love to have some visit my yard, but I don't have nearly as lovely flowers as you!
Wonderful pictures! In my part of the world winter came a little bit late but now everything is covered in snow and it's a delight! Merry Christmas!
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