Blooms, Native Squash, and Tomato

it's been humdrum the past few days with so much wait-and-see and not much to post about.

the pleasant surprise is that i've been getting so many more blooms since i took cuttings from my hibiscus and allamanda. seems all they really needed was lots of careful pruning.

 

these were taken two days ago and there were even more flowers today but i forgot to take photos. pretty sure the blooms will continue so more pics on my next post.

 a few days ago i sowed calamansi or filipino keylime

it's been hit-and-miss germinating citrus in the past and i don't expect things to be any different now. besides, there's a grown calamansi tree at my dad's that he planted many years ago.

today i sowed three trays of native squash (12 seeds per tray)

i didn't take pictures of the trays as it was dark by the time i was finished. there will be lots of photos after they germinate.i've always been lucky growing this and it's one of my favorite veg. technically, it's fruit (seeds being inside and all that).  


here are my squashes back in september 2014:

i transplanted the seedling into this broken pot i sunk into the ground. i've forgotten how much misc crap i had growing in this area - it's all bare now apart from a few pots.

one six feet up as the vine climbed the bougainvillea 

 and here's another i sneaked into the flower bed

this one newly harvested for a puree soup

while we're at it, check out how much i used to grow back in 2015:

i was really hooked on my plants back then and i filled up the yard, i had to move some outside and give away much more. pictured here are my eggplant and squashes.

 these are outside and on the front pavement

a view from the side

august 15 tomato update:

 

in the big horizontal planter are the majestic twelve while the slower lot are in the small one. i could do better but these babies are doing well considering they're in full sun much of the day. i'm always perplexed why in a batch, some do better and why some just are lousy despite extra attention. looking back, i should've potted more of the leggy seedlings from two weeks ago. then again, i'd run out of yard space fast if the slow ones catch up.


i've been dreading the drudgery and i had to force myself to complete the blog entry. i really hoped to have finished this a few hours ago and  i'm really tired after the long day. i'm leaving as is for now - typos and grammatical errors intact, for now i don't care. will fix things when i wake up or whenever else i get back to this.