Seasons are changing ...

The mornings have been cooler (cold in my opinion) although the days have still been somewhat warm.  My little lemon tree is looking good and I spotted some potential blossoms (potential fruit too)!  The color on my porch is mostly pinks and purples and I'm getting ready to transition to fall colors with yellows, purples, and perhaps some oranges.  I need to make a trip to the nursery.

A gift from the garden!

So for Kara's birthday this year I decided to make her a succulent bowl.  I picked up a nice ceramic bowl from In-Season Store and used succulents I had grown.  I made a good succulent potting mix and purchased some small rocks from Lowes and started the project.  I finished it 2 weeks before her birthday (October 6) to be sure it had settled and everything was growing!

Still healthy two weeks after planting!

This was the birthday card made for Kara from pictures of my succulents!

Fall 2017

I have done so much in my garden this past year and I regret that I didn't document any of it in my garden blog.  It has been a year of falling in love with succulents, tending my front porch plants so that they really look good, and starting new plants from existing ones.

The two pictures below are an example of starting a new plant from an exiting plant.  I'm so impressed that the new baby plant has really taken off.  This month I will start several more plants from Big Mama and bring at least one inside for the winter.

Big Mama has done so well this season and reminds us of
Dan Martin as he gave Mor this as a starter.

This is a new plant I started off of Big Mama

My front porch has been filled with flowers this year and after a rocky start, I bought some bloom fertilizer and was really surpised, and impressed, at how well it worked.  The plants have done exceptionally well since the spring.  At some point I will put in new perenials for the winter months, maybe pansies for some winter color.

Close up of flower pots

Close up of flower pots

Front Porch

Basket with ivy, inpatients, and coleus.  

Back yard patio plants

My beautiful coleus - so easy to grow

Memorial Azalea tree for my mom - it has been 4 years
 and it is a beautiful plant just coming into bloom

My Avocado Tree!

I'm in love with succulents

My work table with plants and starters

The tall spindly succulent was a gift for my birthday
 and it has grown threefold since July!