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| The Front Garden on a Cloudy Day in July (Yes, it's time for the eucalyptus tree to drop its leaves) |
Time to post the July garden pictures. It was a cloudy day, but, at least the pictures are not bleached out by the sun! We have reached our usual summer temperatures and there aren't many flowers. But, the succulents are doing well:
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| The Succulents Garden |
As well as the asparagus fern border:
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| The Asparagus Ferns Border |
Meanwhile in the back garden, the passionfruit vine is full of fruit:
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| Passionfruit on the Vine |
There is a volunteer tomato plant growing in the same pot as the apple seedling:
The hibiscus plant still has a few flowers:
The serrano chili plant is doing well; I was very pleased to see new leaves starting to grow. I picked five chilies, today:
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| Volunteer Tomato Seedling |
The hibiscus plant still has a few flowers:
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| Hibiscus Flowers |
The serrano chili plant is doing well; I was very pleased to see new leaves starting to grow. I picked five chilies, today:
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| Serrano Chili Plant (with gaura flowers peeking through) |
The hot summer sun, however, has left its mark on some of the plants, including this loquat plant:
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| Scorched Leaves on the Loquat Plant |
The heat doesn't seem to bother the rosemary bush, though, and I picked a few sprigs to some bread I'm making:
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| Rosemary Bush |
Finally, the avocado plant I grew from a seed continues to grow, although a few leaves are showing signs of being sunburnt:
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| Avocado Tree |
In addition to picking some curry leaves, some rosemary sprigs, serrano chilies, and a small handful of blueberries, I also harvested three potatoes that I had grown in a container!
That is the tour of the July garden. Hope you enjoyed it.
Today, I am grateful for:
- Having a garden
- Garden produce
- A cooler and cloudy day
- Water for the garden
- M's help with the garden
Today's joyful activity was harvesting some garden produce
I certainly do enjoy looking around your garden, green with envy you could say :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen. You have a lovely garden, yourself, with many lovely flowering plants and the mole garden. :)
DeleteYour garden looks like it is holding its own against the intense sun & high temperatures. What will you make with all that fruit from the passionfruit vine? Beautiful Hibiscus flowers with lots of buds yet to bloom.
ReplyDeleteIt is doing well, Mary-Lou; we haven't gone above 100F, yet, and I'm watering the back three times a week (front gets watered once or twice a week). I'm looking forward to the passionfruit harvest! I usually make a lemonade-type drink with the passionfruit pulp. I haven't had enough fruit to make anything else, yet.
DeleteFD here! Your garden looks lovely...very different to mine, but I guess you have to adapt to the heat. We may be having to do that in the next few years! Mr FD & I have started collecting our shower water to help with the watering, as France is predicted to have its driest year ever! We have had some rain storms, but not enough to fill reservoirs.
ReplyDeleteThank you, FD. Yes, the garden looks different now, after several drought cycles than it did several years ago, when I had a lawn and almost 100 rose bushes! These days, I've no lawn and I'm concentrating on water-wise gardening, with drought tolerant plants and edible plants. My reasoning being, if I am going to spend money to water the plants, they'd better give me some food in return. :)
DeleteYour garden is very lovely. It looks so peaceful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. Yes, it is peaceful, although, at night, there's usually some drama with the cats and the possums and the raccoons when they visit! :D
DeleteConsidering the heat you are having, the garden is looking really good. Those passion fruit look great, how do you know when they are ripe enough to harvest? The succulents look healthy. I came back from our short trip to find that the bee balm is in flower in the front, (visited by bees, too) and at the back the liatris is finally showing its purple pink flowers.
ReplyDeleteThe garden is holding up well, isn't it? It has been a relatively mild summer, so far (no 100F plus, yet), which has kept things green. The passionfruit turn purplish and fall off the vine when they are ripe! What a nice welcome home your garden gave you, flowering in time for your return home!
DeleteYour garden is lovely. Did the house have any plants when you moved in or have you chosen and planted them all?
ReplyDeleteThere were a few plants and shrubs, including the lemon trees, when I moved in. Most of what is growing now are items my mother and I chose and planted.
DeleteYou have found some plants that don't mind the heat. Quite a few, in fact. Thanks for the tour.
ReplyDeleteThe garden is doing well, all things considered. I am pampering the fruit trees and the vegetable plants, but, the rest have to manage on their own! You are welcome. :)
DeleteYour garden is looking very good for your summer garden. I know in years passed it hasn't faired so well as we get into deep summer. The spring rains and milder (for you) temps are showing themselves.
ReplyDeleteThat chili plant looks really good as does your avocado.
Total subject change here but Is that a second trailer in the succulent picture- the one with the lighting fixture in it. Do they have 2 trailers? And that orange building? How many separate "units" do they have? LOL.
Thank you, Debra. Yes, the spring rains and the milder summer temps. have really helped.
DeleteThere are two trailers; they move them around a bit, as needed, to make space for party tents! :D They painted the entire house that orange color, earlier this year! It's one sprawling house that has been added onto without any regards to building codes (they do most of the construction themselves).
It must feel very satisfying being able to gather produce from your own garden. It's all looking good in spite of the hot weather. X
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules; yes, I love being able to pick produce from the garden. :)
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