Good day From the Gardens, we have a nice little pile coming in.
This is the Chinese Five Color, we have 3 larger plants, and then 3 smaller one that were planted a month after these. Some of the more pretty flowers in the green house here, although this house does have Zinnia in it as well.
This set has a much smaller flower heads, but the color is still loud.
I think this change in color on the flower pedals is referred to as "variegation", pretty sure. These Candy Stripped Zinnia has and awesome splashes of brilliant color. I have never seen a flower like this before, color expression wise, I've seen a Zinnia before.
I do really enjoy these candy stripped ones as well as the sold colored as well.
We'll go with, I like flowers. This is the line up so far in the box here are Aleyssa peppers, in the foreground here, the mini-bell peppers, and then the chinese five color in the back.
That was greenhouse 1 this is 2, the shade house. On account it just has the shade cloth. so #1 has a 2 layer plastic with a 5'x4'x8" wet wall on a 70 gallon sump, and a 3'x 3' exhaust fan in the back. The shade house here will get the same treatment in the late fall when crop will change and we prep for the incoming winter.
This is 3 row of Early Girls, each fence post is about 6'. The trellis net is not exactly the correct one but it's doing just fine for me. Each row is 28' long and served by a 2 gph spike dripper. All together we have 52 Early girls, 1 Black Cherry, 1 Black Beauty, and 1 Green Stripped Zebra at the back there.
Starting to get into the 6' range now which means all those little red looking ornaments on the bottom that is are just about ready to go. We have had a bit of a rough go of it actually. So many folks, including mine own, just have a hard time smacking those pretty white wings moths outta the air. The result is a worm infestation that has taken 4 nights and 3 very early morning hunting trips with the black light. No worries we will prevail, we must and we shall. Plus my egg hens absolutely love to get some tomato worms for breakfast.
This is the gourd crop that we had started just on time. I know your thinking isn't late for that. SoCal has a pretty ish climate, I'm not going to say mild cause that is all in relation to how far you are from either the mountain ranges or the beaches. Here, well here it's just HOT for right now and won't stop being that way till almost end of October.
Just in time, aim and squirrels permitting.
I'm joking, or am I?
Not, I'm not. I despise squirrels not just for there herbivore tendencies but also their destructive nature, and disease carrying ability. The shade structure has done a good job keeping them out but those mocking birds have been able to sneak in and grab a tomato or two. That hole has been mended, so far.
Thank you for stopping in.
Hopefully you enjoyed the Gardens, see you next week.
