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....

The Garden III

The First Three Photos are of volunteer(seeds from last years flowers that recently sprouted and flowered ) from last year's Wild Petunias, now these beauties can give any F-1 Hybrid a run for the money any day and can spread out and cover quite an area,

The Last Photo is of my Purple and White Double Datura Seed pod

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.

The Garden

Semi Wild Lima Beans from Peru South America very colorful seeds and pods tend to"burst" when dry and "ripe" throwing the seeds about

Stevia aka sweet plant, leaves 200 times sweeter than sugar and safe for dietetics to use, natural sugar substitute

more pics to come soon