It won’t be a white Christmas but we’ve got plenty of living green things to look at!
The secret garden bed 1 has a sungold tomato and my daughter’s beefsteak tomato that was given to her as a first birthday present. I’m crossing fingers we’ll get some fruit from this and save the seeds for her. The lettuce behind it isn’t doing so hot. Citrus plants line bed 2.The Johnny jump ups make a nice companion for the mother in law tongue. I’ve made a note that they just don’t bloom in the corner there in the shade. This is a weird little nook of our home that can be a real challenge to find things that will grow here. What happens is the heat radiates off the house and walls and everything just boils up here. The palm tree is too big for the space but I’m loathe to give up some shade for any plants I want to try back there. So far I’ve been putting in things that aren’t pet and child safe, like the pencil cactus and lantana. The pot hides the sprinkler controls and my husband just put in the trellis in the back with some star jasmine.Here’s that view again in a before and after, October to December. Looks much better and like it has more depth now. I envision removing the palm tree at some point and planting a smaller one there. You can imagine how it sounds scraping against my windows on a stormy night.
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