Every year two important days have their place on the calendar. No, not Thanksgiving and Christmas. No, not birthdays. It’s the days when we switch the house over from summer to winter mode (right now) and back again next year (hopefully not before May/June). Happy days in the desert! It is what we deserve after…
Plumeria
Plumeria have always been high up on the list of my favorite flowers. Give these guys the proper surroundings, and they grow into big, big trees with the most fragrant and beautiful flowers. No wonder therefor that amongst the first plants for our garden were two Plumeria trees. Tiny they were, not even shoulder high…
A Scale of Perfection
On a scale from “oy, it’s a wee bit warm” to “that’s what we booked when we came here” we are in the latter stage. Perfection. Enough said.
Add A Drop Of Water…
…plus a bit of shade and even the most bare and rock strewn mountain side turns green.
Kurapia – Part II
Two weeks in the experiment is running full steam ahead – with very varying success. The range covers “full, healthy plants spreading out” to “sad, brown corpses”. But then again, this is the result after only two weeks. Somehow I assume that some of the slightly lagging plants will recover over time, with the total…
Kurapia – The Experiment Begins
Kurapia is a new highly versatile drought tolerant groundcover that replaces traditional lawns, turf, and erosion control plants. The plants establish fast and are easy to control, and can be mowed into a low cushiony turf or left to bloom into a lush groundcover. Adaptable to many landscaping situations, including extreme weather, heavy slopes, irregular…
We Survived!
Happy dance! The (thankfully downgraded to tropical) storm came, with plenty of rain* and rather strong winds, and moved on. In our little community there was hardly any damage, other places did not fare so well, but overall – it could have been worse. Now one can only hope that this will not happen more…
Still Waiting
It is raining, but not hard. According to the weather graphs, the really bad stuff (wind & rain) will come in tonight. Nothing to look forward to, nothing to avoid.
Just in Case…
With Hilary (hurricane/tropical storm – who knows?) around the corner one tries to be prepared.