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| The Front Garden in October |
Not much to look at, is it? M was unable to find any bedding chrysanthemums or any dusty miller plants in the nurseries he has been to, so I've abandoned that idea! We are hoping that there will be some rain this winter to help revive the garden.
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| The Parkway with the First Paver in Place |
This is the parkway I keep talking about; it has a city parking sign and, towards the other end, the opening to the water mains that is maintained by the city's Department of Water and Power. Any improvements I make have to be fitted around those two fixtures. The paver is 24-inches square; it looked big stacked in my backyard:
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| The Rest of the Pavers |
I had M buy me seven pavers, which were all the store had at the time. He thought seven would be too many, but, now he thinks we might have to buy more! LOL. We might do just that. My idea is to put a row of pavers down the parkway and either fill in with mulch or some small pebbles. Either material will allow me the option of planting some succulents or ground cover at a later date.
Meanwhile, I am seeing a few signs of new growth in the front garden. At least one of the clumps of purple fountain grass that M brought me (another client was getting rid of them) is showing some new growth:
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| Purple Fountain Grass |
The asparagus ferns we planted in the front planting bed are growing well, putting out new growth;
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| The Front Flower Bed |
The lantana that I thought had died are showing signs that they are not quite dead, yet! I have been giving them some water to help them grow:
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| New Growth on the Lantana |
I guess, on the whole, the front garden is doing as well as can be expected, under the circumstances. The forecast says there will be a chance of light showers on Saturday morning and that will help. The lower temperatures will also help.
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| Another Look |
Thank you for visiting my garden, today!
Wow it looks like it's been so dry. It does look like a lovely desert garden though. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWe are several years into this current drought, Sharon, and all indications are that this winter (our "rainy season") will be on the dry side, as well.
DeleteNow I understand what your parkway is. We have something similar along our road but it is all grass and the Council come along in their ride on mowers and cut it. Your garden is doing as well as it can in the heatwave you have enduredbut it's showing signs of recovering.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, there was grass and even a tree in the parkway! Later, my mother planted some flowering plants - ivy geraniums and gazania because she wanted to look out the window and see flowers. The parkway is owned by the City, but, the homeowners are supposed to maintain it. The City will occasionally send a crew to trim any trees that they have planted in the parkway - they cut down the tree that was growing there, earlier, and never replaced it!
DeleteThe garden is hanging on! I hope it will do well over the winter. :)
Gosh, Bless, rain is desperately needed isn't it. Fingers crossed that rain will come and revive the plants.
ReplyDeleteHere in the UK we have had several days of rain and drizzle and the garden is happily soaking it up.
Yes, rain is desperately needed! I am watering the plants with a garden hose, but, some rain would be very helpful!
DeleteGlad to hear that you are getting some rain for your garden, Angela. Are you able to grow any winter vegetables?
As I looked at your pictures, I had a question. Do you have many problems with weeds since it is so dry? Weeds are a big and constant struggle here where we have more rain.
ReplyDeleteWe get plenty of weeds when we water or it rains. The weed seeds are just waiting until they get enough water! :)
DeleteYou are doing well with your garden to keep in going during such stressful climate impacts. I've seen designs for gardens using pavers in an alternating pattern of paver, grass or plantings, almost like a chest board. This reminds me I need to post our landscape change photos! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary-Lou. I was debating planting something between the pavers in the parkway, but, that means having to water them. Even succulents need to be watered in until they take hold. I might just fill in with mulch or pebbles.
DeleteLooking forward to seeing your photos. :)
I hope your pavers work out well. Nice to see that some plants are surviving the drought. Our rain at this time of year encourages a lot of fungi and we are amused to see huge mushrooms that lift up a layer of fallen leaves when they push up. Unfortunately they are not the edible kind.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady; we were able to set a few more pavers in place, today.
DeleteToo bad the majority of the fungi coming up are not edible, but, I love seeing mushrooms in my garden whenever they appear. :)
I read recently that squirrels will put mushrooms in trees to dry before storing them, and the other day I actually saw a complete mushroom with stalk in a small spruce tree!
DeleteOh, wow! I didn't know that squirrels did that! How clever of them! Now that the garden cat population has dwindled down to just Mama Cat, I saw a squirrel running around in my garden! I love to watch squirrels!
DeleteI am so glad to see the new life on some of your plants. The little grass shoots and the lantana are ready to spring back to life :)
ReplyDeleteThose ferns provide such a nice lush green in front of your house.
I think the pavers and some mulch will tidy up your parkway area nicely. It is funny how they looked so huge and now look so small.
Hopefully they will have a few more in stock when M goes to get them.
Thank you, Debra. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the fountain grass and the lantana will pick up. If not, I am considering replacing them with rosemary bushes. They are supposed to be drought tolerant, too.
DeleteWe put down four more pavers, yesterday, and it is starting to look a little better (in my opinion!) We'll see how it will look with all 7 pavers in place and fill in as needed. :)