The vegetables and herbs we put in a few weeks ago are growing, thanks to lots of sun and diligent watering. The clean-up of the dead weeds and undesirable plants continues.
I know that doesn't look like much, but a week ago this area was full of chamisa plants (same as the light green/grey plants that can be see in the background) and all kinds of dead weeds and grasses. Sports Nut had cut down to the roots at least 10 or 12 chamisa plants. When the weather is a little cooler, we'll work on digging out the roots so they won't come back.
The fruit trees suffered some losses, however, in a big wind storm a few days ago.
There are still apples and peaches on the trees, so I continue to have dreams of applesauce and sliced peaches in the freezer come fall.
In another, mostly neglected, area of the yard I noticed that the volunteer mimosa tree is in bloom.
That's really kind of pretty. Maybe I'll let the other volunteer mimosa that's growing "down the slope" stay a little longer. This one is in the corner by the little porch off to one side of the house. In the same corner of the yard are a couple of wisteria plants that are growing all over the lattice that Sports Nut and I put up two years ago.
I'm beginning to think that the wisteria needs pruning.
And one last effort that is underway -- our yard has a hill or slope down to a lower level. Last summer we tried to put in some plants to stabilize the slope, but they all died. This year, we put in some vinca plants. We have vinca in front of our house and it's always green, produces pretty little purple flowers in the spring, and rarely needs water. My kind of plant.
We'll have to see how they do in full sunlight out in the back yard.
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