November 26, 2010

look who made her appearance!

how many of you have been given plants from friends

only to have them not grow or bloom?

that happens to me alot

i try but for some reason they just don't 'take'

and it is discouraging

well back in october i went to see brandi's friend 

on the beach and she gave us LOTS of plants

and i am happy and thrilled to say that they all survived

mind you, this is our rainy season and everything is growing

at a ridiculous rate

this flower was given to me by emilia and

both carlos and i often go on 'flower patrol'

by that i mean we wander slowly through the garden 

looking for plants that have bloomed

well today carlos exclaimed

'oy, la flor es que bonita!!!'

(oh, the flower is beautiful!)

and i can't agree more.

so lovely isn't it?

this morning carlos and i did some serious work in the garden

the one bed is 'rather empty' so with bob and brandi's advise

we decided to fill it with some big plants

it meant alot of work for carlos, digging and lugging huge plants 

around 

while i said, okay just turn it abit, maybe a bit more, over a bit...

until we got it 'just right'

but this is excellent for carlos to learn to plant and design a garden

it is a work in process

or as carlos says 'poco a poco' which means little by little

we put in the plant with the 3 spiky things, the tall red one beside it,

the little reddish green bush on the left and a huge hibiscus (which you can't see)

next step:   medium plants and small floral plants along the edge.