Welcome to the lovely colors of my spring blooms! Β I’ve always hated gardening – or so I thought. Β It turns out that what I actually hate is yard work, gardening is kinda cool. Β I didn’t realize until I moved to California just how much I loved flowers and color. I have flowers EVERYWHERE now – even fake ones because they make me happy. Β I know, how ‘girlie’ of me. Β Who knew?
Last year was all about tomatoes, peppers and herbs; this year is all about jasmine, lavender, roses, plumeria, strawberries and succulents! Β Dale got me an agave plant for Christmas (because I killed my little palm tree – oops) and now I have gone succulent crazy. Β I even have ALOE – which my mom used to pronounce as A-LOW. Β Think J-LO and you have it. Β So ‘aloe’ will forever be ‘A-low’ now. Β It is important you know these things.
I don’t know what all of these plants are called – but they are lovely nonetheless, and my yard is looking so vibrant and alive right now despite the drought. Β Speaking of the drought, I only have my sprinklers turn on for 3 minutes at a time, 2 times a week (what’s the point, right?) – BUT I have 3 stations of sprinklers, so it APPEARS as though I have the sprinklers come on 3 separate times in the same day, but really it is just watering different areas that happen to be side-by-side. Β SO, my nosy little neighbors (I don’t know which ones, but I have my suspicions) left me notes on two different occasions chastising my ‘waste of water’.Β Really, people?
Anyway, I thought you might enjoy a little photo gallery of my garden:
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Pics are beautiful! Maybe I should post pics of my weeds?
Thanks! and LOL!