Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Lignum Vitae, Dendrobiums

Another Labor Day has come and gone with me doing almost no labor…sweet. I did plant some Waltham broccoli seeds and planted a couple Pitch Apples that we got at a free plant give away. Nothing like free plants.
What’s Growin’- Vegetables
I took a quick pic of my compost pile this one is just a bit smaller than the one I used to make my potting mix for the veg. garden .

What’s Growin’- Natives
The Lignum Vitae, one of two in our yard is showing seed. Every year I say I should start seed but the darn things are so slow growing that I always say forget it. Sure do love the flowers when the tree blooms though. Lignum Vitae is an EXTREMELY dense and hard wood, so much so that it is used for mallet heads and blocks for the ships of yore.

What’s Bloomin’-Tropicals
Couple pix of some Dendrobiums growing in the buttonwoods along the driveway. I have very good luck with sticking Dendrobiums in the trees especially as opposed to Phals. Vandas do pretty well also but Oncidiums seem to want more care than I’m willing to give.
That's it...see ya

1 comment:

Ellen Emmerich said...

Oiur compost pile looks like yours. When I dug into it several iguana (I think) eggs were revealed!