This is my driveway behind the house, as seen from the bedroom window. It's the messiest part of the space because it's where plants are being repotted, things are waiting to be relocated, etc. Just a general working area.
No, I didn't finally get around to cleaning the leaves out of the cactus bed -- it's the Opuntia that was being attacked, not doing the attacking! The attackers looked like this:
It's fawn season, so I'm not too surprised when I spot one in the garden or in a neighbor's yard.
For some strange reason, the mantis egg cases that I keep in the refrigerator all winter almost always hatch on Father's Day. I'd say at least 80% of the years that's when it happens.
Well, it has taken a little while, but the "cube" series of garden sculptures that I've been working on are finally available...
Something I've been working on lately. You may have seen these if you follow me on Instagram (hint, hint).
So I made myself a new planter recently. Here it's shown with some plants still in containers to try and figure out what to plant here (and what deer won't eat right at mouth level):
It's almost summer (feels like it already at least in St. Louis) and most plants have already pushed out most of their new growth. Sure a few bamboos are still shooting, but pretty much everything else have finished their spring growth spurts.
Actually, what's exciting is not the deck, but what is going on just past it -- and on it. First, the boxed bamboo (Phyllostachys virella) has had a big size up this year...
So nightmare area number two (aka my cactus bed) has gotten much better...
A quick look at some siblings of the wild variety in my garden right now.
Continuing the theme from yesterday, here's the second nightmare area in my garden right now. It's my "cactus bed".
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