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.

Tungho, bokchoy, parsley, garlic chive, basil, and oregano reached in good condition to Arlington. :) My friend sent me a pic of the greens. :)

A single peanut ended up in potting soil or mushroom compost. Now, I have a peanut plant growing in a container. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Not bad. It took one month from seed to harvest. I am sending these to Arlington tomorrow morning for my friend, along with some bokchoy, parsley, and basil. Next season, I will grow them in a bigger quantity so that there is enough for all of us.

Edited: Added a photo of the seeds packet.

If you are in a cold place, you have much time to start this and harvest. For us in South Florida, time is almost over because of the heat.

I mixed soil from a lot of old grow bags and containers for this bed. I'm not surprised that some new basil babies are here. I will see which one it is. Will separate them in a few days and let them grow. I had three varieties of basil last season.

The Moringa tree is growing faster than the mulberry tree. This one was not a risk. I was confident about cutting down the tree. I had to do it for two reasons. First, it was difficult for me to harvest all the fruits and leaves because the tree was 10-20 feet tall. Second, it was attracting iguanas, especially the young ones. And I hate them! They don't contribute anything. They are so destructive.

The baldie mulberry tree has new growth. I knew I was taking a calculated risk when cutting the tree down to the bark. But then, that's what makes working with plants and soil so exciting. Not a single day without something new and exciting to see or learn.

Finally, gingers are popping! It took them 15-17 days to appear. I'm sharing this in case you are looking for numbers. The weather has been between 65 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's getting warmer slowly. I guess because gingers are tropical, they want more heat.

I know there are too many of them in a bag. But, just look at them. They are happy. This new soil+compost+warm castings combo is giving me great results in other containers, too.

This is a five month old video of us discussing birds and berries. The reason I leave the berries on tree is they are good source of nutrition for birds in winter. Even today, this tree with dried berries and almost bald branches attract most number of birds. Beautyberry is a native plant. Needs no attention. Happy on its own.