Nature gifts us with miracles but we need to keep our eyes wide open!
All of life starts with a seed so no wonder someone coined the phrase 'planting a seed' when talking about new ideas or new ventures.
It still amazes me when I see how tiny some seeds are, and how they turn into beautiful flowers, shrubs, magnificent trees, herbs, vegetables, and fruit.
I'm really looking forward to planting these seeds and having gorgeous edible flowers, just in time for summertime salads.
The image further below is from a previous season's nasturtiums; the leaves as well as the flowers can be eaten, and have a really nice peppery flavour. This plant is also known as nature's antibiotic.
It's really difficult growing vegetables here as we have pesky monkeys that even pull out root crops, but they leave my herbs alone. I have Thyme, Rosemary, and Sweet Basil, as well as hot Devil Chillis and Cherry Tomatoes, something the monkeys also leave alone. Oh, and they also don't fancy Lettuce!
You can see the life cycle - flowers, the crop, and some seed pods exploding to scatter more seeds for new plants to grow, another of nature's wonders!
We also need beauty in the garden with #alwaysaflower; see how they evolve from a shy little bud, opening up to reveal a beautiful flower, and as they start dying, another miracle occurs; seeds form to continue the life cycle of the flower.
Senecio is a very hardy succulent type of ground-cover with pretty flowers that makes a show throughout the year. See how some of the seed pods have exploded to make new plants.
Our stunning Camelia shrub is an old gal, already over 40 years old, but is still flourishing.
The Portulaca is totally bare of any flowers, but will very soon be bursting with colour again. The flowers enjoy the sunlight when they open up fully, but they go to sleep at night with the flowers closing up tightly.
The Gazania flowers also close up at night but are stunning when the flowers spread their petals to face the sun.
Our French Hydrangea has quickly turned into a bright pink flower.
I've left the best for last, our gorgeous roses, always surprising me when they start opening up.
In the busyness of this week, I had forgotten about the Early November Garden Journal Challenge: Win Hive! until I popped back to the Hive Gardening Community to see what would be suitable tags, so here is my entry, if one could call it such!
Hope you enjoyed my mishmash of gardening!
