Old and the New

This long time ginger favorite needed to move out of it's long time
digs of being in a pot. A pot now being prized for my Tomato
potted culture.

Pairing this Tri-colored Ginger - Ginger stomathe with a 'Purple Heart'
wandering jew sets both off with a blaze of new color.

I prefer to paint my plantings with different textures. With the added relative
cool colors as not to compete with our soon to be hot temperatures.

Singapore's Man Made Tree Like Structures

An inspiration for my rendition of a Tree of Life.

Crape Myrtle started from cuttings and some weaving of said limbs. Years later
adding some potted specimens and at last count, ten varieties. Some are cuttings
which also makes this a some what of a controlled environment, for a plant nursery.

Clivia In Bloom - Clivia miniata

  This has been emerging for over a week and half already. The lighting this
time of day caught my eye and now for your eyes too.

Three's the Charm

This Paw Paw tree is my third attempt and first time to
come back the following year. I noticed this almost a week
ago, but not enough to get me back to this Blog. Not until
I saw more green was I most certain of it's return for another
year.

Certainly not the best photo, but record of it's return. This also shows a brown
colored first leaf sprout. Thinking that this could be a survival mechanism in not
showing it's sprout as bright green and signaling to any and all hungry bugs
that their first meal is being served.

A Bountiful Beavy of Tomatoes

I've been feasting on some mystery tomato I started from seed.
Mystery because I can't seem to find the so called name of this
tomato on line.Was told it was a Turkish Delight. Delightful it
is. Served up with some Cucumber, olive oil, salt and pepper.

A tinge of orange and a creamy texture with the right balance of acid.

Which brings me to my next harvest. These are Brandywine and I've yet
to try this one. This tomato is becoming very aromatic as the each day goes
by, so what's one more day?

A touch of pink and a lot of 'How great this Tomato is' will make it tough
to not put this on a pedestal.

This is the second time now that I've been harvesting my tomatoes green.
I've notice no difference in ripening with the Turkish variety from picked
to as on the vine. Besides why keep an open invitation to our Florida bugs
when I can minimize the collateral damage.

Mites have taken their toll and soapy water only goes so far along with diligence.

Needless to say I have started some more seedlings of my most successful and tastey
Florida grown variety as of today.

This Was Almost A Tie

Had I not had known about the origins to my sun deprived
specimen at the opposite end of the yard whose true identity
has yet to be revealed. There would have been a tie of events
that brought me back to this Blog.

These Spaghetti Squash seedlings are not just any sprouts. The
seeds are from a squash that has been in my refrigerator for
at least month, may be two. Also in the same pot are some
failed seeds from a pod that belonged to a variegated Confederate
Jasmine.

Just When You Seen Everything

What would it take to bring me back to this Blog.

Note the dry conditions. Not only is this the driest part of the
yard and in the midst of our seasonal dry season I spy this!

 A last gasp for life, which doesn't explain the lack of chlorophyll?

The funny thing it didn't occur to me until I was doing two things in
the kitchen. The inverted gray pot to the left? Note the height, same
as our no pigmented specimen.

Two days ago I was needing a pot to cover my yard trash. So a shuffle
of pots and not knowing the reveal of this naked of its color young
sort.

Mystery solved, now curious to has how many days for this unforunate
to regain some color so as to reveal it's true identity.