Around the garden

Jen, those are beautiful. 

I did a few things in the garden / house this morning. I planted some courgette seeds in the propagator. The Basil seeds I planted there a few days back are moving on well now, with tiny seedlings, so may soon go into the hydroponics.

Next I decided to tidy up the living room window display. I have a poinsetta which died over the winter. It went. I also took some cuttings off a cactus which has got out of hand. A very spiky customer but not an opuntia, having solid spikes but not ichy tiny spines. With care I could hold the offshoots without getting stabbed. A little like how a fakir has been portrayed in the past lying on a bed of nails, although I have never done that lol. The offshoots will be left to callus over then potted on. I did sprinkle charcoal on the wound as soon as I cut them.

I only noticed on Friday that those around here seem at their best. If the weather is good tomorrow I will walk to a wood in which there are lots of wild ones.

As mentioned in the thread about things bought recently.. We got a trail cam for the deck because something has been stealing our suet. We'll put a whole one out, and then it's gone overnight, and we sure as heck know it's not the birds because they will eat at them for weeks. So, we'll find out what it is. I'm thinking it's a possum because I saw one a few nights ago on the side of the house. If that's the case, then I might buy some possum food to leave out for them under the deck.. I found some on Amazon, so maybe I'll leave a bowl out for them lol

Raccoons are cute...

I picked quite a few Cherry tomatoes today.

What happened to your trail cam?

Jen it does sound like your garden is coming along quite well.

Reminding others aka nagging is one of my special skills. 

Was that a challenge?

I am looking for colorful ground cover that can live in the shade and drought tolerant, any ideas?

I have just been out in the back garden, and these are my bluebells. You can see they continue into the woods. They are not quite peaking, tomorrow I reckon.



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Your know, I plants some succulents and for the whole 12 months, they spread out about one foot

You can't go far wrong with succulents, and they come in such a wide variety of interesting shapes.