Growing Green

With the stormy weather of March behind us, these first few days of April have held the sunlight feel of summer. The Bohemian waters our newest garden bed, encouraging peppers, tomatoes, sunflowers and basil.Jessica Dofflemyer ~ all rights reserved

The seeds of our last planting have come to fruition with huge heads of lettuce and the thick ruffles of golden chard.Jessica Dofflemyer ~ all rights reserved

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The backyard mango tree took a beating with last month’s wind and rains, losing most blossoms and any small fruits. This lone mango survived the storm and is hanging tough, oozing its sweet sap.Jessica Dofflemyer ~ all rights reserved

“Oh, yeah!” the Bohemian would say.

I agree.

Yes, we’re growing.

In the Red

Yesterday Saturday sunlight beamed on reds through our kitchen window.  I was entranced by the scarlet hue as light filtered into a bottle of French red wine.

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I’ve also been enamored with the bloom brought in by The Bohemian from our ‘autograph tree’.  Its white petals browned and dropped within a day and then this rosey fan of color emerged.

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The tree’s scientific name is Clusia rosea and I’ve since learned that the flower has no male reproductive parts.  Apparently, in some species the ring around the center has sacs containing pollen.  Not sure if this is the case with this variety, but this photo captures some kind of sticky nectar, mid-fall.

Happy Spring!