After trying to raise this plant, and failing, for years, I finally have a kiwano vine covered with fruit!

( What do you mean, this isn't a huge deal?! )

I haven't been posting very hard, and for that matter, I haven't been gardening very hard! But that's the fun thing about plants--keep watering and feeding them, and they decide what they're going to do.
( Click for pics of invaders and casualties )

Not much in the way of flowers yet, but I have a mess of datura, a maze of galangal, and a really impressive tomato plant.
( Pictures of poppies under the cut )

The laptop is fixed and I have pics of blooming trees and shelterbelt stuff.
( More under the cut )

Kind of got out of the habit of journaling--more so than usual--since my laptop died on me. I just bought another used on on eBay. It's the same model--a Dell Inspiron 1501--with a couple of problems--no hard drive and a smashed lcd screen. That's fine by me, since mine has a working screen and hard drive, just something really wrong with the ( Read more... )

Let the record show that today, Dec. 20, I have planted my first batch of bell pepper seeds and some 200 bulbils of Romanian hardneck garlic.
( Early enough for you? )

Just a bunch of late notes, things that went well or badly or needed to be modified.
( no pictures even! )

It's getting to be fall, but you'd never know it from the 90F heat today. ( Pics and notes )

Warning: Post may not contain actual Mad Science.
( Life, death, bacteria )

Just an update and some pictures: Things which have worked out, things that haven't and a few surprises.
( For Your Consideration- A rose which thoughtfully tucks its thorns into one, easily avoided area )