I’ve decided to give up my Asiatic lilies. Yup, that’s right, the Enchantment variety is going to be donated to someone, but I just don’t know who yet!

In it’s place, I’m going to have the America variety, it’s the darkest maroon Asiatic lily on the market. I’ve placed an order with Garden Express to get 3 America Asiatic lilies as well as 3 Hot Chocolate Calla lilies. This way, I will have a lovely border of dark green and white gardenias and pots of dark purple and maroon bulbs of lilies, callas and tulips. Oh yeah, and a dark red frangipani, if it ever grows!

I also got another light, pH and water meter from Garden Express, and some pot holders to lift the bulb pots off the ground.

I spent last night making the tomato stake lattice. It’s looking ok, a little strange with bright red string, but it’s working as I hoped it would. Here’s what the north wall looks like:

Nice and neat. I’m going to have to find a way of securing down the lattice before there are any significant winds. I also should design a way to protect the tomatoes from strong winds should it come up again.

I got mystery plants! When my grandmother passed away and we had her funeral, part of the ceremony involved her offspring receiving little packets of rice and beans that we were to scatter in our garden. Since I don’t really have a garden, I scattered them in my indoors and outdoor pots and the beans from the indoor pots have sprouted into some sort of plant. I have no idea what it is, but I potted them up into their own pot and fetched one more seed from another pot so I’d have 3 of these mystery plants.