LittleMsGreenies had returned with Spring 2019 garden update after a long break. The garden had grown and changed a bit. I figured out the sun pattern and the best spots for certain plants.
The front garden has new brick edging which I recently installed.
This year, the half circle section has a pair of tower of nasturtium and snow peas, a few bunches of kale, sprouting brocolli and hopefully cauliflower. Also in this section, I'm hoping the geranium and borage will become a permanent fixture to maintain the bees visitors around the garden.
The bees absolutely love the borage flowers.
We've been harvesting snow peas and kale consistently in the last few weeks.
Also at the front garden, I planted Asahi tulip bulbs which had flowered in the last few weeks.
The Tete-a-tete daffodils had not flowered yet. I hope they will come out.
I planted Californian poppies underneath the olive tree and they have finally flowered this year. This had been a long wait for me as they were planted from seeds around 2 years ago.
Some of the calendula flowers had popped out as well. This empty patch is ready for pumpkin seedlings to be planted in the next few weeks.
The Lavender plants had grown significantly and produced lots and lots of flowers. I have been harvesting and drying them for tea and homemade shampoo. The bees are also loving them so much and I can sometimes see 6-8 bees hovering around.
In this section, I planted a few kale and lettuce. They grew slower than their fellow plants in the half circle section (a sunnier spot).
And finally, the giant jade plants at the front door had grown enormously. They had red flowers which attracted the little nectar sucking birds. The pair of planters had filled up and had the spilling over effect that I hoped for.
Stay tuned for more updates on the fruit trees and the four beds crop rotation.
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