Under the weather

Well, yesterday morning I woke up with a sore throat, feeling headachy and achy all over, and feel pretty dragged out and miserable this morning.

I'll just post some pictures taken the last couple of days, no comments.

Hope you all have a great week.





























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The best six doctors anywhere

And no one can deny it

Are sunshine, water, rest, and air

Exercise and diet.

These six will gladly you attend

If only you are willing

Your mind they'll ease

Your will they'll mend

And charge you not a shilling.

Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields,
What the River Knows, 1990

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Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

Seven days before Spring

Hope you all have a lovely day. It is gorgeous here.I have to get ready to leave for work, so will edit later with explanations of flowers.

Later ~ This first little flower is a weed, that I just love seeing when it comes up and blooms every spring. I'll have to take a picture of the whole plant to get an id.

This is a Vanda terete,
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim orchid
that just grows like crazy outside.

These little orchids are reed-stemmed Epidendrums.

Spicy Jatropha.

Spanish Needles ~ a native that DH hates. You can't get rid of them and the Ruddy Daggerwings love them. The little needles stick to your clothes or fur if you're an animal and drop off. These things grow too easy.

This is Popcorn Cassia. The blooms should be opening in a day or so. When your brush against the foliage, it smells just like fresh popped popcorn.

Plumeria.

Perennial morning glories.

Unknown hibiscus.

Golden dewdrop and friend.

The next two pictures are of Cape Honeysuckle.

The first a soft apricot color and the second a bright orange.

Dahlberg Daisies ~ These just come up every spring between the cracks of the sidewalk in this area. I need to collect some seeds.

This is Bon Silene.

A begonia that has huge ruffled leaves, I don't know what kind.

Thanks to Nell, I know that this is George Tabor azalea.

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

Beautiful singing with nature pictures.

I was looking for some music that might have to do with butterflies
and came across this video below.

This is a beautiful piece, but may not be for everyone.

To 'fear' the Lord, means to have reverential trust in Him.
Reverence - honor or respect.

Sincerely ~ FlowerLady

Coffee grounds for our gardens

Good morning everyone. We've had some rain already this morning, great for the gardens, and I don't have to move the hoses around to water.

This thread is about using 'used' coffee grounds on your gardens. I've been saving up the grounds from our morning coffee and have a large yogurt container filled to the top with nice dry grounds. Will be putting them around rose bushes, and sprinkling them into flower beds. From what I've read they are wonderful and there is nothing like recycling something that's good for your gardens.

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Using coffee grounds in the garden is a great way to add organic matter to your soil. Coffee grounds are also a good source of nitrogen for your garden soil. Being naturally acidic in nature, used coffee grounds are wonderful for acid loving plants such as roses, blueberries, camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons and even viburnum. Should you want to use coffee ground in the garden on plants that do not appreciate the acidity, you may need to add a limestone supplement.

Don't add too thick of a pile of coffee grounds or mold may develop. A nice thin layer of coffee grounds around the trunk of the plant is all that is needed. One more added benefit of using coffee grounds in the garden is that earthworms love the used coffee grounds. They will feed on the coffee grounds and in turn aerate and fertilize the soil around your plants. You'll always enjoy the rewards of using coffee grounds in the garden.

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The link below will take you to the website where this info came from.
Using Coffee Grounds

I'm looking forward to seeing more flowers and healthier looking plants by using the grounds. I've read many places that you can get 'free' coffee grounds from places like Star Bucks.

Here's to happier, healthier gardens ~ FlowerLady

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I have found, through years of practice,
that people garden to make something grow;
to interact with nature;
to share, find sanctuary, to heal,
to honor the earth, to make a mark.
Through gardening we feel whole,
as we make our personal work or art upon our land.

Julie Moir Messervy, The Inward Garden, 1995, p.19

Where flowers bloom

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

- Lady Bird Johnson -