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Firecracker "Cuphea" Flowers

Firecracker Upclose Front angle of Firecracker flowers Side angle of Firecracker flowers

Bromeliad Yellow Flowers

  https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/bromeliad/growing-bromeliad-plants.htm  

Lettuce Seedlings

Spinach seeds finally sprouted. Planted Mar. 21. One week to sprout.

Fresco Candy Plant

Fresco Candy Plant

Charm Flower

Charm flowers in front yard

Sun Gold Tomatoes

Planted sun gold tomatoes in the front. This area receives at least 6 hours of sun. Label

Composting

Composting in clay pots.

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Early Girl Tomato Chinese Chives

Bromeliad Blooming

Front Yard

Artichoke before planting Artichoke after planting midst the California poppies Small area near the blueberry plant Santa Barbara daises. They have taken over the front strip. Removed some of the daisies California poppies blooming Purple irises blooming

Front Yard Weeding

Spend all morning putting out the weeds. Took about 3 hours with lots of breaks in-between. Before and after photos...with my helper, Kava.

Backyard

Starting a gardening in the midst of the COVID19 order to stay-in-home. Purchased vegetables and flowers from Redwood Barn Nursery. Don Shor recommended using a fruit mixture soil for containing gardening. I purchased the fabric containers to plant vegetables from Amazon. They should be arriving next week. Also purchased some flowers to add a bit more color in my yard. Chinese Chives Australian Violet Alyssum - planted in the large barrel containers Brachyscome "Fresco Candy" Wooden barrel filled with alyssum, unknown bushy plant and fresco candy orange flowers Cuphea "Firecracker" plant with alyssums and Australian violet. Tomato "Early Beef" Green Bell Pepper Garlic Chives Bromeliad Perennial plant, probably drought tolerant Aloe Vera Chinese chives planted in the orange tree pot