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Enjoyed this spot in my flowerbed this morning. We had a couple of cooler days and a rain, so things are much happier. Caster bean, four oclocks, crepe myrtle, and snow on the mountain. The caster bean is just sending up its flower spike. I've never grown those before, as I know they are toxic. But my horses are safe, so that's okay.
 

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Enjoyed this spot in my flowerbed this morning. We had a couple of cooler days and a rain, so things are much happier. Caster bean, four oclocks, crepe myrtle, and snow on the mountain. The caster bean is just sending up its flower spike. I've never grown those before, as I know they are toxic. But my horses are safe, so that's okay.
Nice to see this in the heat of summer 😍
 
Spring has sprung and with all the crazy rain we’ve had and now the warmth everything is looking like heaven, verdant and lush!! The coriander I grew from seed bolted months ago but continues to grow and is taller than me now! I like to get mixed seed packets like cottage mix and bee and beneficial bug mix as well as lots of random flowers and give the packets to the kids to plant so stuff grows everywhere and I don’t always know what it is except that it’s beautiful. The bees seem to love my coriander more than anything! Once the seeds have started to dry I will harvest them to make biltong. I was born in South Africa so I have to eat biltong all the time!!
 

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54FB80C3-F02D-4068-8B86-D811401F8C6B.jpegAlso grapes are growing… On the fenceline by the horses… who knew horses love to eat grape vines but they do! Luckily it’s climbed right up onto my banksia rose and there are some that they cannot reach! My fight against the weeds is ongoing… I’ve pulled out tonnes of bindis by hand but with this rain it is too hard to keep up. I keep at it… Can’t let them win… I’m in it for the long term!!DBFE1BF6-BC2C-478E-B661-39437E9762ED.jpeg
 
Temperatures dipped and I had to move my cacti indoors. We were using a pot lifter to try to move the saguaro and it fell over onto my husband's arm. He was ready to put it in the compost, as you can imagine. But I've had it since it was 2" tall, purchased at the botanical garden in Phoenix in 1998. I hate to give up on it. I put a box around it and we used a dolly to get it indoors. I have to fix the dirt and get it situated. It grew amazingly this summer--about 5" I think. It usually does not grow in the winter in the house. Next year it will have to have a patio size pot--or we will need to move to the desert...
 

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My 4 orchards are getting ready to bloom! I have to post these boring pics because once they start blooming they are usually so spectacular that you’ll think I just got them from the grocery store, so here is the proof 🤣🤣 they usually only bloom once a year for me around Valentine’s Day.
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Anyone else grow orchards?
 
Nope, most people just kill them or get rid of them. A year is a long time to wait for blooms. Mine desperately need to be replanted, I need to figure out how to do that, you can see the roots growing everywhere.
The roots are supposed to do that. They are aerial in the wild and just hang onto trees.
 

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