New In My Garden?

First time growing Sweet Corn in my garden.

Seeds packet: Botanical Interests

Buttergold (hybrid)

Sowed directly into my raised bed on April 14th

So far a few have spouted and they are about 2 inches tall.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  I have netting over them to keep the crows out.  They love to mess up my beds.  According to the seed packet, I can continue to sow them thru May and the next round in July - August too

Next but not new in my little garden, Larkspurs.

Seeds packets: Renee's Garden

Heirloom Imperial "French Alouette"

Heirloom "Parisian Pink"

Sown late summer 2019

 You can click on to the photos to see them larger too.

 You can never have enough of these beauties in your garden.

Some container herbs 

 Sage and Chives that wintered over in the same container.  I added top dressing of compost.

 A favorite herb of mine is tarragon.  This plant has been in this container for a couple of years.  Wintered over and I also tilled in some compost around the plant.  Alyssum and tarragon do well together.

This is my raised bed set up. I use either small gauge chicken wire or PVC pipes and add netting over to keep the birds out.  So far so good and once the plants mature, I will take them off.

 Here is a Sweet William for you too.  Thank you for stoping by for a visit.  Have a wonderful day.  Blessings to all.

Larkspurs

A rainy week for us in Southern California. 

A break in the rain, I went out and picked beautiful bouquet of larkspurs.  

 

 The seeds were sown in late August, seeds packets came from Renee's Garden. 

Heirloom Larkspur, "Parisian Pink" and Heirloom Imperial Larkspur "French Alouette"

A photo of the birthday boy, Opie!

Have a wonderful day.

First Day Of Spring

Sharing some photos of my garden.

I have some pretty pops of color in my little garden and it has helped brighten up my soul right now.

I hope you are all doing okay.

My prayers go out to everyone.  

One of the borage plants from this summer has continued to bloom even through the winter. We have mild winters her in my zone 10.  I have trimmed the old blooms to make way for some new growth.     Today, rain with some pops of sun.  Can you see the Ladybug.

The borage is growing right next to my pink iceberg rose bush. The bees are very happy too.

Pincushion flower and in the background is a Sweet William.

I have a few Larkspurs that have started to bloom this week.  Next year, I need to sow more.

What a beautiful purple color.  

A lovely pink too.  

Sometimes one sprig can make a lovely arrangement.  

Most of my fall/winter have bolted.  I have just left them alone.  As long as they are healthy, I will let them flower for the bees.  The ladybugs are benefitting from it also.  I see them tucked the lettuce, parsley and spinach.  There are quit a few clusters of their eggs.

A beautiful green bouquet of spinach and Swiss chard.

Now for some Pansies and Violets

I have pressed a few.  I will let you know how they turn out.

Thank you for visiting and I hope to post more photos soon.  Take care and God Bless.