A vlog, finally! Arif and I attacked the frangipani patch where all the parakeets and the birds come to feed. That has always been the most difficult patch to grow things in I think because it is the windiest and coldest part of the garden. The frangipani survives, but it certainly does not thrive as …
Yes, it’s a gardening post again! I was looking through some of the gardening posts here and I fell on a post from January last year in which I explained how I designed and created my Southern border and was absolutely surprised at the change that has happened in just a year! Just like your …
More wildlife than I care to have, originally uploaded by malyousif. During my regular morning garden inspection this morning, I came across this thing that stopped me in my tracks! I don’t know what manner of uninvited wildlife it is that came into my garden and dug this hole under on of the oleanders… I …
The New Border Project, originally uploaded by malyousif. The infrastructure is now complete, and the new border is awaiting plants! Arif and I put the stones to delineate the border (of the border!) and laid down all the pipes and put the drip heads in, about a foot apart on about 120 feet of pipe! …
Prepairing the new flower bed, originally uploaded by malyousif. This is the second step in preparing the bed; my gardener and a helper did the initial work of removing the grass and cutting the shape I laid down and moving the sprinklers. This morning, Arif and I tilled the earth, mixed in some peat-moss and …