The Toad
So with this new house and all I am able to have a flower bed or two, or three or many more. Anyway, I only have one done so far and probably won’t work on any of the others until Fall when the temperatures go down. Triple digit heat and me do NOT get along.
Here is the one I have working. Hubby says that eventually this flower bed will be gone or redug so not to do too much. Soooo, I put a lot in pots. The youngest daughter gave me the strawberry flower pot so I have a bunch of herbs planted in that. And then there is a basil, a taragon and a jalapeno pepper plant in there. The spider plants were already there along with some mums and a lily or two. Hopefully I will remember to water everyday. It is going to need it in this heat.
But, there is another thing that is going to need some water, a toad decided he liked the renovations and has moved i! (This photo was taken after the plants had grown a bit.)
Now if only we could figure how to keep the magnolia tree from shedding its leaves so much. That tree is on our list to remove for sure. It is soooo messy. We also have a Chinese Tallowberry tree in the front by the driveway that is going ot have to go. It is way too messy. But hubby wants it killed from the roots up before cutting it down as otherwise we will be fighting little baby trees for years and years.I hate to cut trees as they really are nice to have around, but you gotta wonder what the builders were thinking when they planted some of the trees around here. There is even a cottonwood tree somewhere in the neighborhood that is doing its thing and sheddng all that mess to clog up our air conditioner coils. Of all the trees on our new property, there are only a few that are not junk trees. We have a nice pear tree in the back along with a few crepe myrtles but the rest, though big are just not worth much. And it is the same for every other lot in the neighborhood.
Hubby hopes to be able to transplant a few of the oak trees we planted in the country. They should still be small enough to move, but we will see. I expect it would take some experts with their fancy equipment and all. And expenses are kind of tight until we can sell the trailor or the house in Pasadena. (Taxes, insurance, and utilities on three properties just are WAY too much!)
Remove the magnolia tree!!!!??? Whaaaattt!! Living in Canada, I’d love to have a magnolia tree, I just love them, but our winters are a bit too cold for the cup and saucer type, we can grow the stellas in a few sheltered areas tho.
We lived in Britain and spring was so beautiful there, partly because of all the wonderful magnolia trees. My daughter was 6 and we took pictures of her one Sunday in ballet poses amongst the blossoms, she stood on a rock wall in all her finery (a long gathered skirt and red satin jacket) Now if I can just find those slides, digitize them and scrap them!!