Spring Fever, Back from the Dead

It's that time of year when I crawl out of the catacombs , days growing longer, cacti starting to grow again and time to get planting and spring to life with energy, this year I finally decided to give the Hoodia Succulents a grow ta see what all the hype is about, so far these little babies are growing at an impressive rate, I have some other cacti sprouting and I will try to plant some yucca as well as go thru archives and see what else I can start. more photos ta come

The Garden II

the First photo is of my successful graft of a slower growing top to a faster growing rootstock, although it is hard to tell in the photo but the grafted cacti was smaller than a dime when first grafted back on May 30th and now it is larger than a quarter, thus it has grown about 2 years growth in just 2 months! !

The Second Photo is of an Intoxicated Bumble Bee who decided to just " sleep it off " during the night rather than risk Drinking and Flying....

The Last photo is of my Achora vine flowering and I can't wait for the fruits... this plant has grown about a foot a day recently with the heat....

Cactus Update I

Here are some photos of some of my seedlings that were transplanted about 2 months ago as well as new growth from this year in a cutting I planted last year although it is hard to see in photo this new growth is about 3 inches long and about 4 inches in diameter , note all this grew in in a little over a month time frame. I shall soon post a photo of my successful grafting of a much slower cactus species to the rootstock of a faster growing species, when I first did the graft the top part was smaller than a US dime and now it is larger than a US quarter, in other words about 2 years growth in two months! I shall soon try the same technique this weekend with the Organ Pipe Cactus (also a slow growing species) and see if I am successful. note...plastic ziplock bags contain new seedlings that are sprouting.