Tuesday, May 2, 2017: OKRA!

We accumulated 7" of rain over the weekend! It sprinkled most of the day yesterday (Monday) but little additional accumulation. Today is sunny and breezy. Tomorrow more rain expected with estimates of another 1" to 3". Lots of river flooding in the region, but we are high and dry. I got the lawn mowed between showers yesterday. The garden seems to have weathered the weather in fine shape. Even the succulent bed seems to have drained well.

All of T's roses are now in bloom. The four new ones are significantly smaller than the one she planted last year. All of these will supposedly reach a height of three feet. The hollyhocks, on each end of the roses are really thriving. Hopefully we will see some blooms this year.

While they did not bloom last year, the foxgloves are starting to bloom this year.

The Asiatic lilies I planted last week are starting to bloom as well.

Today I went once again to the Garden Heights nursery hoping they had received the okra. I could not find any and finally resorted to asking. Sure enough, they did have a few. The guy said it is still to cold at night to leave them outside and suggested keeping them inside until next week. I bought three plants and also got six jalapeno peppers. All of the peppers I started inside and put out about a month ago appear to have failed. Since none have survived, I obviously put them out too soon. None of the chard or kale has shown up either.

The Okra is a Clemson spineless. Not sure what kind we had last year, but we had two plants which generated a lot of fruit.

I am so happy the mayapple is doing so well. I will be checking it frequently for seeds for propagation.

Today I sprayed Roundup on the alley from our west boundary all the way east to the judge's garage. It looks like it may be time to reapply some Snapshot.