I am a lazy gardener (lazy in other areas too - or, labor efficient, if we spin it positively). So, knowing a tropical storm was coming, the red spinaches (aka amaranth) that I got from the Mother Garden over the 4th of July, that still hadn’t made it into planters, went in - so that I could take advantage of Fay to water them in. Why water when Mother Nature volunteers to take on the chore? Of course, that set off a game of musical planters - stray portulacas in the destination planters got moved to better locations, clustered clown violets got separated, broken mandevilla tips that successfully rooted went in, anything that wasn’t in its ideal home moved, more seeds were sown - all to make the most of Fay’s watering. If those roots aren’t well established by all that rain, there’s no way I would have done better.
The day after, the newly located plants looked happy and hydrated, so, fingers crossed. And yesterday’s sun showers finally led to rainbow sightings! It’s nice to be rewarded for chasing rainbows every so often.
The amaranths are so lovely and colorful - I’d plant them just for the foliage, even if they weren’t edible! But since we’re in COVID times, edible is definitely a bonus...
...The mandevillas budding at last - after all the overwinter care, some reassurance they’re still doing their thing.
The day after, the newly located plants looked happy and hydrated, so, fingers crossed. And yesterday’s sun showers finally led to rainbow sightings! It’s nice to be rewarded for chasing rainbows every so often.
The amaranths are so lovely and colorful - I’d plant them just for the foliage, even if they weren’t edible! But since we’re in COVID times, edible is definitely a bonus...
And one of the rosebuds is just perfection...
...and not as perfect, but perfectly pretty...
... Then there were the visitors who came by post-storm - the usual snails,...
... also a most unusual and prehistoric looking, HUGE June beetle - maybe they just are that size, but made be do a double take, for the size and the color, sort of pretty, actually.
And to cap off the evening of pretty skies, these lovely sunsets we’ve been having - I didn’t realize until after looking at the photos that I managed to capture both the sunset AND the moonrise!
[Finally closed out with completing photos on Labor Day 2023.]
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