Gardening Time in San Antonio

Monday morning there were a few sugar snap pea blossoms. By that evening there were noticeably more and they have continued to pop open all week. Hopefully we will get some peas before the weather gets too warm.

Monday evening Richard and I planted a row of green beans and mulched our vegetables. Richard picked some of the spinach which we are enjoying in salads.

Wednesday I purchased some Sunmaster tomato and Camelot bell pepper transplants which I plan to get in today before I go to work.

One of my camillia bushes is still blooming and had a particulary gorgeous bloom on it this week. An azalea bush is about to burst forth in color.

Richard brought to my attention a very good sale on annuals at Home Depot this morning. So I went there and got 62 plants in 4 1/2" pots to put in our flower beds. I also got a trailing petunia that is supposedly heat and drought tolerant. Unfortunately it will no doubt be put to the test. I also saw some stock I couldn't resist - they remind me of Grandma Harmon. She had some in a planter by her front door for many years. They smell sooo nice.

Time to go plant.

A Walk in Our Yard

Spring is making its appearance in San Antonio. It is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the promise of good things to come. My citrus trees/bushes are budding with a few buds already open.

The white buds are the Satsuma orange tree.










The pinkish buds belong to my Meyer Lemon.















The pot of ground orchids are in bud and beginning to bloom.

This camellia bush seemed to burst into bloom overnight.
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The Fan-Tex Ash tree in our backyard is beginning to leaf out

And our vegetable garden - such as it is. The bugs are enjoying our spinach more than we are.

One determined beet seed finally germinated after we planted the edible pod peas.

Two rows of peas are up and a third is beginning to make its appearance. (You can see the third row if you look carefully in the upper righthand corner.)

My sweet peas are finally poking thru the surface.

They do have to contend with the pea gravel we've been trying to get rid of for 26 years.

The pansies are continuing to reward us with lovely blossoms.
Spring - good things are coming.