Phaedra's 2023 Adventure

[Phaedra]

Several hundreds of young plants are still waiting to go to the field.

Beans are developing well.

Delphinium at its 2nd year - already pretty established

The high temperature facilitated almost everything!

Geraniums, till now, I collected eight varieties.

Rhododendrons are blooming in the garden right now.

The pond area is ready for summer!

My first-time trial growing Petunias from seeds, and it's great to see them start to emerge.

 

[Phaedra]

You have me thinking Phaedra...several of my tomato varieties had poor germination with only one or two plants sprouting. I will try to do what you are doing and root the suckers to multiply those plants. 🍅

Yes, it's a very practical way to multiply them. I got four suckers this time. Three rooted quicker and been transplanted into the soil for two days. Look at this slowest one; the roots burst out two days later.

I believe, it will become a very robust tomato.

 

[Phaedra]

The herbs and vegetable area between the two chicken runs are more productive than I thought. I guess there is plenty of nitrogen left in the soil.

Harvest day!

Kailan (Chinese kale/broccoli) and pea shoots

The water was recycled for other plants.

Chamomiles are about to blossom.

The gardener's briefcase and vehicle XD

 

[baymule]

I love your garden. It is work, but if you love what you do, it is pleasing. Lovely as always.

 

[Phaedra]

I love your garden. It is work, but if you love what you do, it is pleasing. Lovely as always.

Yes, it's a lot of work, more than I expected. However, it's also a rare opportunity that turns me into who I am now(and who I will be in the future). I appreciated the garden very much.

This morning, I made myself a salad for breakfast. Sitting in front of the pond area is really a blessing.

Making salad is like painting on a white plate - we just paint with ingredients.
Eggs and salad are from our garden, and gradually, more veggies and fruits will join soon.

 

[baymule]

What size yard do you have? It looks large from your pictures. How nice to have such space for enjoying it.

 

[Branching Out]

Did you bake those croissants from scratch? I just LOVE croissants!

 

[Branching Out]

Yes, it's a very practical way to multiply them. I got four suckers this time. Three rooted quicker and been transplanted into the soil for two days. Look at this slowest one; the roots burst out two days later.

I believe, it will become a very robust tomato.
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Those roots look amazing. Wow.

 

[Phaedra]

What size yard do you have? It looks large from your pictures. How nice to have such space for enjoying it.

I don't know the exact size, but the east side is the pond and waterfall (unfortunately, the waterfall didn't work any longer, something was wrong with the underground rainwater and pump system. Not a priority to work it out again in a short time).

The first house owner must have spent a lot of money to create such features, so it's a blessing for us to buy this property in 2018. Several other serious buyers gave up because of the foreseeable efforts (time and money) to maintain such a garden.

At that time, we also checked some newly built houses, a plain, small, and lawn-only (no trees, no shrubs) garden charged extra 15,000 Euros.... I fell in love with this property immediately.

Suddenly, an elementary-school-level newbie gardener, I, suddenly got a pass to own and take care of a university-level garden. I did pay a lot of time and effort (and money) for trial and error without any regret. This garden is not just the anchor of my life, but a part of me now.

Let me share the evening view of the pond and the new trail we created from the old pavers. I love them.

 

[Phaedra]

Those roots look amazing. Wow.

Yes, they are. As expected, they develop very quickly in the nursery pots. In just a couple of days, the roots can be seen from the bottom of the pots. All four young plants are ready to continue their journey.

They were transplanted this morning.