Potatoes and nails

Mangoes and tomatoes

This pepper plant was not doing well, even with good soil and fertilizer. I planted amaranth in the bag. Now, the little girl and the amaranth plant are all grown up. I will chop off the amaranth and cook it today. I will leave some leaves so that they keep supporting the pepper plant.

It’s not an intended genius move. I did it because I wanted to experiment.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeee

The fragrance is overpowering, but the view is priceless!

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it today! I had to remove the diseased guava tree from here. I kept putting kitchen scraps in the empty land. Of course, now that spring is here, weeds are also taking over. However, see this? These are guava plants!!!! Apparently, I left a root or two. There are so many of them here. I love it!!! Let me try transplanting them to other parts of the gardens over the weekend.

:( I can’t delay putting a fence around raised beds anymore. I planted a whole bed of veggies. Everything is gone. Cats, iguanas, and squirrels are interested in digging and eating seedlings. It’s not that they will go hungry, especially my mortal enemies, the iguanas. Arrgh!!! I am left with three or four bokchoy, but who knows how long they will last, too.

I missed including some other flowers. Some of the flowers in the garden. I included squash and tomato flowers too.

Getting closer to eating my fav childhood summer dinner. Tinde ki subzi, phulke, kale namak ki lassi.

These are tinda (Indian squash) flowers.

It is the season to pick up dried and spent marigolds from the plants and spread seeds wherever possible. More flowers never hurt.

I found a gumbo limbo plant. I wonder which bird brought these seeds. There are no squirrels around. Yet.

My first Cosmo!!!!!!

Jasmine and Curry Patta have taken over the bench. The only reason I don't want to move it is that it looks cute.

They are doing so well because they share the soil with sunshine mimosa, which is a nitrogen fixer.
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Now I am even more inspired to grow for my friends. This is my love language.