Well, I was walking in garden today, and I just quick-checked my olive trees. My husband just trimmed one of them, and the other's leaves are just lush green. And olives are coming out on both.
Now, you may say: "Why is there sadness in this?"
It's because I don't know how to pit them and make them edible haha. I've tried researching it, but nothing really comes/came up. Also, I don't exactly know what type of olive tree I have, I just know it's a common one.
I guess knowing which olive tree it is would help researching a LOT. In fact, right after this I might ask fellow gardeners in the "ask a question forum".
Something I think about a lot is that one of the good things about eating your own olives is that it saves money! Olives are getting to be pretty expensive these days, and it's worth the little extra effort to do your own olives to save a few bucks.
If I ever find out how to make my olives edible, I might have to give some away because we get quite a bit every year. Hundreds and hundreds. So I might see about giving jars or cans of them away for free on this site if I ever to find out how to make them edible.
It was nice because when my husband trimmed the olive tree this year, we had many wildlife visitors (particularly turkey deer, finches, and sparrows, but there were also squirrels, other birds, and more!) because they didn't have to climb up or reach up into the tree in order to get the olives anymore! The olives had fallen down from the tree (and there were olives on the cut branches), so they could just munch and feast happily all day long!
Yes, I can't wait until I learn how to do my own olives. But until then, I can just marvel at the beauty of their flowers and green leaves.
I'll definitely make sure to keep you guys updated on the blooms this year with pics!
Happy gardening!
NOTE: If there are any grammar errors/regular errors then please feel free to tell me in the comments!
Well, I knew it was coming. Most of my wildflowers have died out, and I'll have to wait for more to come. The only ones still here are my Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermedia)
My Red Maids (Calandrinia ciliata) are nowhere to be seen, and my Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) are just about done with their prime blooming time. It's gone by so quickly, and I didn't even get that many pics!
Well ok, I'll be honest. I did get lots of pictures of my Common Fiddleneck haha.
Anyhoo, I'll keep everyone updated on my wildflowers this summer, because usually lots come back in summer. I hope they do!
And happy gardening everyone!
Hello everyone! I said I'd make a part 2 for my wildflower list (https://garden.org/blogs/entry... ) so here it is...also note that not all of the plants in the list are in the plant database, so there might not be photos for all of them, and you might have to look some up manually.
The list:
#1: Dingy Chamaesaracha ('Chamaesaracha sordida')
#2: Buffalo Gourd
So last year I was super proud of my oleanders (hardy white, red cardinal, and peach blossom), because their blooms were gorgeous. I cut two oleanders 2 or 3 years ago that I was planning on digging up (but man those things are hard to dig up), and then, well what do you know, they grow WAY better than any other oleander on the property. They're SUPER nice looking, they grew kind of like plant balls and then expanded. Anyhoo, this year I hope to get more of these:
Out here in Morgan Hill it's been raining nonstop. I get it, it's the middle of April, and we're having "April Showers". Well, out here we're gettin' kind of tired of it lol. No projects or gardening to do outside, I've got a big list of things I need to do out there, and I've just been hoping for at least just one day of sun! Ah well, hopefully the weather changes. Although I bet @slowcala would throw me into next year for complaining about the rain 🤣🤣🤣🤣. If you guys don't get my meaning: https://garden.org/blogs/entry...
At least I believe she/he is saying that she/he wants more rain.
Anyway, happy gardening! 😁👍 (hmm, where's that garden.org thumbs up emoji?)
