Not a lot to do on the gardening front this weekend as clouds moved in for a spring shower. Deadheading a few roses, mowing the lawn...not the most visual or interesting chore to talk about (although it is good exercize), sweeping, and fertilizing.
Still, this gives me more time to just enjoy the garden, look around, and take stock of where we're at.
There are a lot of things about to happen, as evidenced by the little flower buds popping up here and there. The corn stalks are shooting up flowers, it won't be long till we see some ears developing along the sides.
The grape vine is in full bloom. Not spectacular flowers, hard to even see, but it'll be much nicer when these polinated blooms mature into delicious fruit. It's looking good right now but there'll be a battle coming up on to fronts...the animals that like to eat the grapes and the fungus that'll destroy them if I don't treat at just the right time.
Chiles getting ready to bloom. No problems here, just waiting for all that flavor to be ready to pick.
Squash blossom...zucchini and summer squash will be very dandy when they come up.
A little beyond the flowering stage, our citrus is now showing tiny, little fruits.
The guava tree is showing a ton of blooms. This has been a rehabilitation project for us. We used to have it in a container and winds kept blowing it over. We moved it into the ground but haven't had any fruit for three seasons. We're crossing our fingers because we haven't seen this many buds on it for a long time either.
Lastly, on the beauty front, these little buds will open up to the very fragrant and pretty plumeria flowers soon.
Darryl
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