Still In The Garden

 

The First Tomato Sighting

I'm still in the garden!  Still in the stonery, too!  There are about three or four self-sown tomato plants growing in the stonery and guess what I saw the other day?!  Yes, the first little tomato has been sighted!  It's tiny, less than one inch in diameter, but, it's good to see the first tomato!  I'm hopeful that it will be joined by other baby tomatoes, soon, and they will all grow and ripen.

New Leaves on the Bay Laurel

There are new leaves on the bay laurel tree that M rescued from another client's garden and transplanted in mine in January.  It had been growing in a container in that client's garden and when the container broke, the client apparently didn't want it planted in another container or in the ground and had told M to get rid of it.  He texted me to ask if I would be willing to take it and I said yes!  I am taking the fact that it has new leaves as an indication that the transplanting was successful and the tree is growing.

Feijoa (Pineapple Guava) Flowers

The feijoa (pineapple guava) tree is full of flowers, too.  I am hoping that we will get more feijoa fruit this year than we got last year.  Last year, the tree was covered with flowers, but, there were only about a dozen fruit in total.  They were delicious, though, and I was thankful to have them.  

Daughter watered the garden plants on Sunday and M will be here to water them on Wednesday.  

I am grateful for:

- My garden
- Baby tomatoes
- New bay leaves
- Flowers on the fruit trees
- Water for the garden

My joyful activities have included spending time in the garden; there seems to be something new to see almost daily. 

Are you starting to see anything new in your garden?  Or are you still waiting for spring to arrive?