GARDEN JOURNAL AUGUST
August is the hottest month and the flowers and plants outside on the balcony have extra care. Some are moved to shady places to avoid the burning sun rays. Usually I have few pots on the railing. These days it is very, very hot. And no pots are hanging on the railing.
I will start with the lemon and I am happy to see the small lemons growing.
The good thing about it is that it keeps on blooming and new white flowers emerge next to the small fruit.
The sage is always doing well for four-five years or even more. I do not recall how we got it.
Now it is put in two separate pots as it is overgrown.
Since last journal in July I got new plants and among them is the basil and chilly peppers.
The basil got small leaves and is very well scented. The chilly peppers are very hot, as been told by the vendor. I doubt I am going to eat them. I love spicy food, but to some extent and if these are too hot, i would rather have them just as nice plant.
I had before some other chilly peppers that died. And to my surprise seeds have fallen into a pot with flowers and come back to life again.
Here is a glimpse at my wee strawberries. Not bad for the first season considering that I had handful of them. More are about to ripe, but still continue to be small.
Being among my favourite fruit, strawberries will always be in my garden.
Talking about new plants, my hubby bought me two new flowers.
One of them is dipladenia. It is lovely red flower and it makes the look of the hanging pots pretty nice.
As for the second one I don't know its name and I would be happy if anyone can help me to identify it. It has green leaves with light purple on them.
This is a close look at the leaf. Can you recognize it?
Next flower I want to show is verbena. I bought it as small plant and now it was spreading and hanging from the pot. I am not sure if I have to leave it as such or to put a stick in the pot to keep it upright.
The yellow and orange marigold made the balcony look more colourful.
And more colour brings the tiny flax flower. It has short life but each year i keep it as it is pretty. Especially for close-ups.
The garden is growing big and I have start planning where to keep the flowers in winter. It is a new project how to rearrange the rooms to make space for the plants.
So, this is the end of my August Journal, which I submit to the challenge created by 
More about the challenge in the link below
SteemIt Community Garden Journal Challenge - August (With Steem-Bounty)
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