April in the garden!
Spring and Fall are garden seasons in Texas!
April is always so beautiful, with the warm sun, cool breezes, and wildflowers that it’s torture to sit in front of a computer!
Right now all of these are blooming in my garden: azaleas, kholanche, salvias, roses, amaryllis, periwinkles left over from last summer, nasturtiums, lettuce and radishes (maybe I’ll remember to save the seeds!), plumbago, my culinary sage(!) has beautiful lavender flowers.
I love my nasturtiums! They are so cheerful and they were sooo easy from seed!
My Persimmon has tiny little orange flowers. One of my baby Pears (the Akers Home) looks like it’s trying to set fruit. The Satsuma may need some support—it’s very whippy. The little Fig has huge leaves. The neighbor’s Loquat has dropped fruit in our backyard, reminding me that I want to plant a couple of my own. ‘Coppertone’ loquat is as delicious as it is beautiful. The fruit has one large brown pit in it (as opposed to four small black ones), but the fruit is just as sweet as other loquats. And having only one pit means there are less membranes in the middle and more fruit. And it’s so nice to have fruit this time of year—from a tree that has no pests or diseases, has fragrant blooms in the winter, and is so ornamental.
My Magnolia is about to bloom! That’s one of the things I was happy about when we bought the house—I’ve always wanted a magnolia. The Crepe Myrtles have all leafed out.
I have enough lettuce to go on an all-salad diet. My Sugar Snap Peas are done, as are the Radishes. The Danvers Half Long Carrots and Hollow Crown Parsnips are finally almost ready to harvest—a month late for some reason. My Rainbow Chard and Red Mustard are finally recovering from the snail attack. My Cherry Tomatoes (Sungold, Juliet, and Texas Wild) are finally setting fruit.
I promise to get pics up soon–I’m having problems with my software right now.
