How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/192024

05/19.2024 – As stated in my last entry, I cleared out the dead leaves and branches from the three oak trees; and just as I thought, it is beneficial to clean the backyards once a week so not to have more leaves than necessary.

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/18/2024

05/18/2024 – Today I repotted the new herbs. They are parsley, eucalyptus, lemon balm and lavender plants. I also trimmed the dead blooms off of the flowering plants.  Fred needs a coat of Sevin. There are thrips on his leaves. It was these thrips that prompt me to over spray the roses earlier this month. The white is showing signs of recovery from whatever that miscreant put in it container. Tomorrow I will clean up the dead leaves. By not do it on the Mother Day holiday, there is a larger amount back there than what I cleared out two Sundays ago.

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/17/2024

 05/17/2024 – I have been monitoring my gardens since I posted my May 7th entry. The reason is that the narcissists took advanced of what I wrote that day and put some chemical in my container that has my white roses. They also pulled up the reserved water bottles that setup for the plants that need the extra water to stave off the heat and drought. Those water bottles take up to 7 days to empty, but the narcissists pulled them up the same night that I put them out there. Whatever they added was bad chemical that caused the white its good leaves. I have not refilled the bottles yet.

 I KNOW WHAT I DID TO MY PLANTS, NOTHING I DID CAUSE THIS SUDDEN LEAP DROP! STAY OFF MY PLANTS AND GREENHOUSE!!!

Another neighbor is jumping the fence and turning off the security cameras because the birds, cats and wind are activating the alarms. They do this with no regards to the fact that those cameras of up because of the crimes they committed against up and that we are no fools to believe that they would come to our aide should we ever needed help. And, yes, there is someone who is also turning off our internet at night and sometimes when we get deliveries. I believe it is a bad internet tech that came out here but did not do him job and have been corrupted by our bad neighbors.

It is clear that these narcissists, and other bad people they enlisted to commit crimes for them, thought I was uneducated and mentally impaired person because the  lies those Southside drug pusher families andscammers that they have been associated with since the repair of roof their roof a couple years ago told them; however, now that these neighbors of ours know different , meaning the truth and understand that they were lied to, they cannot bring themselves to leave us alone and move on with their own lives.

We learned not to trust them and to report their trespasses and damages they do. The bible said we should forgive them; however, it also states that there are some trespasses that are outright hateful sins and can never be forgiven.

To you I write about:

YOU DON’T WANT TO READ ENTRIES LIKE THIS, AND THEN STOP TRESPASSING!!! STOP DAMAGING OUR PROPERTIES!!!

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05.11.2024

05/11/2024 – Tomatoes are predatory. Out of the four I bought one died due a vandal digging in the pot and the other died this week because it was over shadowed by the larger, stronger one. Now there is one healthy plant in each pot, which is probably good for them.

2022s rosemary plant and the new herbs are filling out nicely, so are the two lemon grass plants. Time, love, patience will pay off with these plants.

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/10/2024

Today the beneficial wasps and butterflies are back. They will help pollinate the flowering plants. However, I will probably have to continue my war on grasshoppers.

05/10/2024 – I got up at six a.m. and trimmed the roses of exhausted blooms, and then leaf fed them and all other plants as well with Miracle Gro. The roses that were affected the most with the over dose of insecticides are now recovering and growing new stems and buds. 

The moonflowers are beginning twine around he tall planters; however, the center one will need more support. The tomatoes plants as well as the other vegetables, fruits and herbs are growing well too.

 

 

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/07/2024

05.07.2024 – I did some research on plants diseases and causes because even after treating my outdoor plants for insects, they were still producing yellow and brown splotchy leaves with no visible signs of infestation nor over watering. What I discovered was that although the insects were gone, I had over treated my plants and did so in the blazing Florida sun. In my zealous to be rid of the insects I used three difference products, which will remain unnamed because they are good products when used alone, and the product in my previous post is not among them; however, when applied one after another over a short period of time will mimic common plant diseases and infestations. In short I all but killed the plants nutrients and burnt some of the leaves.

So that there is no confusions of events, the above discovery had nothing to do with the malicious attack on my plants done by a neighbor. See my entry, Evelyn’s Patio Furniture Makeover - My Mary Garden. The same caustic solution that was poured on those lounge chairs was poured onto and in the soil of my potted plants. Those incidents were reported the authorities and the lounge chairs replaced during the makeover.

Nevertheless, my recent problem was my own doing, and I and remedying it with plain water by rinsing, rinsing and more rinsing to remove the insecticides from the plants foremost on the leaves.

Home Gardener's Problem Solver: Symptoms and Solutions for More Than 1,500 Garden Pests and Plant Ailments (In my personal library.)

Herbicide Injury USU

Invasive Fruit Pest-Guide

Today the beneficial wasps and butterflies are back. They will help pollinate the flowering plants. However, I will probably have to continue my war on grasshoppers.

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/05/2024

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

05/05/2024 –This morning Stanley and I got out into the yards While he mowed the lawn, I transplanted the Japanese eggplants and Lemon thyme.

Swiss chard and Moonflowers

Tobasco Peppers

 Japanese Peppers

Lemon Thyme

Once that was all done I cleared out the fallen leaves and strayed some 'Advantage Yard & Premise Spray around the house. It kills the following.

 

 

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/03/2024 Late Afternoon

 05/03/2024- Late Afternoon –I received the live Japanese Eggplants and Lemon Thymes plants I ordered. They were a little on the dry side, so I gave them some water and  placed  out on the table to recover from their travel. I will repot them tomorrow.

 

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry 05/03/2024

05/03/2024 – On November 28, 2020, I bought a couple of Chicago Edible Figs trees and in December 2022, after being vandalized I propagated my last remaining fig tree when the second one did not survive the attack. Nevertheless, I was able to save two portions and rooted them. It has been nearly 18 months since then, and the two cuttings have grown enough that earlier this year I planted them in a medium size half barrel. There they have grown more and strengthen to look great. However, because I want them to fruit, I added three ‘Jobes Fruit and Citrus’ stakes to the barrel. Previously, I was fed them with regularly Miracle Gro water solution and some all purpose pelletized food. Now they are mature enough to prepare for fruiting, which given the time of the year may occur next year. 

 

Fig Planting & Growing Guide

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry 05/02/2024 Mid-Afternoon

05/02/2024 – Mid-Afternoon –Okay, I transplanted the Swiss chard two to a grow bag because the bags can hold up to 15lbs. These are some of the same grow bags I used for growing greens, and when the Swiss Chard are ready for  harvest I will plant the greens in their place. Right the Swiss Chard looks a little lame; however, they should be perked up in the morning. I then trimmed the roses and all the other plants that needed it. Once the trimming was done I added fresh bark mulch to the plants that will dry out quickly in this high heat. I repeated the same plant maintenances in the Mary Garden.

Finally, I transplanted the Spearmint plants in the raised bed and watered everything. They too will perk up.

I will do the clean up in a day or two when the ground is dry.

Evelyn’s Indoor Garden: ‘Gardening Indoors under Artificial Lights’ Journal Entry 05/01/2024

05/01/2024 – Yesterday, I watered and fed all the small and medium houseplants and refilled the water bottles of the larger plants. The Schefflera tree is doing well. It appears to have adapted to life under plant light and no direct sun light. As with the Ficus tree the Schefflera tree leaves are healthy and glossy.  I found the tree wrap and with wrap the stems of later this week.  I also took down the hanging plants that were on the front porch, because they were not doing well after I put up the curtain. I will use them as planters for other plants. Finally, I sprayed all the plants most susceptible to pests and plant aliments with the ‘Bonide Rose Rx Multi-Purpose Fungicide, Insecticide and Miticide’ because the product is good for outdoor and indoor plants. I thought it was a good idea since I tend to bring in plants from the garden from time to time. 

Thinking bring in plants, the kangaroo fern does not like being indoors, or it does not where I placed when I do bring it inside. In any case, I take it back outside later today. I have also added a water bottle to it. Besides the problems with the hanging plants and the kangaroo fern, all is well with the rest of the houseplants.

05/01/2024 – put the kangaroo fern back in the garden and brought in the parlor palm this afternoon

 

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/02/2024

05/02/2024 – Did my rounds in the gardens this morning. Things are coming along well. Tomatoes plants are looking better minus one.

 

Today, I will set up the grow bags for the Swiss chard. Each plant will need one bag. I plan to also add the Spearmint plants to the raised bed. 

I am delighted that the Moonflowers are growing so well. I am looking forward to seeing them blooms.Their leaves remind me of butterfly wings.

 

How My Garden Grows, or Not, Sic: Journal Entry: 05/01/2024

 05/01/2024 – Afternoon:  As usually, I went out to the gardens to check on my new plants, and normally they are growing well. However, I discovered that my tomatoes plants were vandalized. The soil is each planter was partly dug up and one of the four plants uprooted. It was dead and did look like any of the other plants. See pictures.  I reported the people who I think are responsible, and may have to take further steps to stop them.

In addition, our security camera in that area was off, I do not like to believe that these people know and/or have family or other people they use within my internet provider system, but for that camera was off on April 29^th and briefly on April 30th from 10:12 AM yesterday until I restarted it today.