Growing Cotton…

Can’t believe I’ve never tried growing cotton, this is a wonderful plant!!

The bud

The flower opens a creamy white

Then turns this gorgeous pink, falls off and I guess starts producing the seed inside the cotton.  Free cotton balls for me, I’ll post a picture when it’s ready and I will grow the cotton plant again!!!

Another favorite is my buttercrunch lettuce as it goes to seed, I love these little flowers, and yes they do reseed themselves.

With the perennial geranium in the background ~ so pretty.

Butterfly visitor

xoShawn

Pool to Pond

We took down the pool a couple years ago and this spring started on the pond project, we’re getting there and loving it except for all the work!!

We already have (goldfish of course) and three kinds of frogs visiting on their own and tadpoles, guess our little ecosystem is working and it’s only been a couple weeks since we finished filling the pond.  We are using a biological filter so it will probably take a few weeks for the algae to clear.

The lotus, oh I love this plant and have been having fun water gardening.

Enjoying peppers and onions from the garden with sausage cooked on the grill…yum

And our favorite tomato salad with Italian bread.

xo Shawn