learning to garden part 3

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I planted the jasminum sambac, eggplants, bell peppers and small Persian cucumbers.

To my surprise, the black krim were setting some fruit.

The volunteer morning glories (from the neighbor) were starting to bloom.

I found two volunteer spiderwort (?).

In the front, I mulched and used some decorative river rock.

This passion vine came through the fence from the neighbor’s and bloomed for me a few times before it was eaten up by caterpillars.

Cardinals would come out to play, but the worst of the summer was near.

In the front, I saw my first rain lily.

I got an earthbox and planted eggplant and basil (also a roma tomato that bit the dust fairly quickly because it was getting way too hot).

The Black Krim kept frying, and the squireles ate all but one of the ripening tomatoes. At least I got to taste my first Black Krim.

The other eggplant in the ground only gave me one eggplant, while the one in the earthbox gave me 20+.

First eggplant.

I got a “Coral Nymph” salvia, and it had blooms on it daily even in the terrible heat of that summer.

Not a plant, but we got a new light to replace the one the hail demolished.

Earthbox basil looked happy.

A purple salvia greggi that needed some more water.

In between the roses in the front, I planted one Four O’Clock that had survived from seed, even after the hail storm. I knew some people didn’t like them because they reseed like crazy, but I wanted to give it a shot. It filled in the space nicely and produced lovely little blooms, until the winter killed it off.

Related posts:

1. learning to garden part 1
2. learning to garden part 2
3. garden oaf
4. new plants and new garden design
5. bowling ball garden bees painting

This entry was posted on Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at 2:42 pm and is filed under garden, our house, photos.