Lots of hard work the past few months. Chainsaw has been busy along with friends clearing some more forest for more plants. The new area is on the house side of the bridge so closer for viewing. I'm harvesting plants from the far side of the bridge to bring them closer so I can enjoy them without walking for 8 - 10 minutes. I've also created a "jungle room" (maybe it was taking shape on my last blog). Now it is really filling in with plants in hanging pots and those planted in the "bed" on the shelf. The pots in the gutters hanging of the wall are starting to run and hang down to create a green growing wall in the future.
Last obsession is Begonias. I had a few that were doing really well which inspired me to put in two orders from a nursery in Oregon. First order arrive some weeks ago, second order is in the mail. Should be a total of 33 varieties.
Spring has arrived, subtle though it is here. Grass starts to grow, days get longer and warmer and everything is getting out of control once again.
My friend with the orchid nursery gifted me some more trays of "seconds" because he needed to free up bench space. He has over 100,000 pots of orchids in various stages of growth. Some of my is spent mounting the orchids on trees and on tree fern poles in the jungle room. Many will survive and bloom in years to come.
Orchid Cactus are starting to show buds, Amorphophallus are waking up, collection of philodendrons are growing and starting to climb trees.
I discovered I had a Heliconia called Red Carpet. It bloomed for the first time this year. Recently a local nursery had it on sale for $120 a root. Maybe I could chop a piece of mine and sell it for $80. Thats a lot of Begonias
Otherwise life in the garden is about the same. Various pictures follow.
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