Come, take a morning walk with me through the garden.
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Always, there are gophers. |
Ornamentals:
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My Selecio, "String of Pearls," is blooming, so the whole yard smells heavenly. |
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The Oxalis purpurea "Garnet" is beginning to come up. I planted it in the fall of 2012, and this year, I can see it has spread more. I love the deep, velvety purple of this oxalis. |
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The earliest of my three camellias (that grew here before I moved here and receive absolutely no attention from me) is blooming. I'm not a big fan of bubble-gum pink, but I admire the floriferous nature of this tree. |
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Oxalis "Iron Cross" is coming up. I think I lost a few spots to the gophers, but three clumps seem healthy and happy. I love the four-hearted umbrellas on the top of each stem and the bloody splotches in the center of each. |
Edibles:
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The deciduous fruit trees are ready for their winter pruning. |
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The Lady Williams are just ripening. A bird found this one. But, don't worry, I ate the rest. |
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Broccoli is getting to cutting size! |
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The rutabagas are nearing pulling size! |
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The sugar snap peas are blooming and . . . |
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setting pods. |
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And the frisee is a shag carpet of salad-y goodness. |
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The Meyer lemon is rich with fruit. |
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Now frost-bitten and crunchy, a banana plant in the clump that gave me fruit last month won't look nice again until spring. |
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The Cara Caras are coloring up but won't taste great for another month or so. Then, they'll be citrus candy. |
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And finally, evidence of my summer dreaming, my front yard is full of boxes of makeshift greenhouses in which I seeded members of the Solanaceae genus. |
Comments
Always, I enjoy a walk in your garden. I didn't know that String of Pearls is fragrant. An apple in January! And favas in bloom already. When did you sow the favas to get them to bloom now?
Carrie: I loved my life in DC, too, nearly a couple decades ago. It's such a great city. And I'm not in LA proper, but on the hilly outskirts, which suits me fine for now. I think, however, within the decade we'll be moving to some place with more space, because both E and I itch for it. Truthfully, though, all places have their charms.