I started out writing a 2010 gardening update…
2010 will go down as the year that didn’t for my gardening efforts. Of the hundreds of Zinnia seeds I sowed in the spring in Toluca Lake, two plants finally emerged. In April I planted amazing tomato varietals seedlings in Carmel Valley. Deer that passed through the garden, also freely munching on roses and rhubarb, ravaged the adolescent plants. The highlights of the 2010 efforts were amazing roses and one very prolific heirloom pineapple tomato plant in Toluca Lake, and a lovely basket of delicate Meyer lemons from Carmel Valley. Not even the great botanist Hans Sloane got every seed to grow and the deer, well its their land really so who is the invader? I am at peace in the garden and pleased to be here.
Then I thought I’d review my 2010 gardening pictures to find a good one to illustrate the doom and gloom. I had forgotten about the volunteer Morning Glory in Toluca Lake, The amazing wildflowers in both Carmel Valley and the San Fernando Valley. The delicious miners lettuce that was the subject of my March posting and the amazing 12 foot tall thistle that took over a hillside of the Carmel property.
I am still at peace in the garden and happy to be here, and with this exercise, satisfied.
