Bone Meal

I read that root development is enhanced by bone meal (phosphorus), so I am trying Happy Frog® Bone Meal in the garden. Another line of rain is heading this way, so it should water in tonight.  I also bought some stronger mineral phosphorus soil amendment to try at some point as well.  I'm curious to see if it shows any benefit to my carrots, but I added it to all the plants.

It has been warm and gloomy for too many days to count.  Cold weather and sunlight would be nice.

Still Crazy Hot

Tallahassee had a few record high temperatures in the 80s this week.

Brassicas continue to struggle... Broccoli is flowering. Will the cauliflower do anything?

The pansies are blooming unhappily.

Blue Mistflower

Hot Again

It's been too hot the past few months. The mature lettuce has bolted and bittered.

The same goes for the maturest Cilantro, but I have some young plants that are OK.

Another broccoli plant has formed a single sprig. Not sure what the third plant is doing. The first plant is putting out a side shoot.  They have been pretty plants.

The tatsoi is pretty but still small. Hope it does decide to grow if it ever stays cold long enough.  The container cabbages are kinda sorta starting to head.

The Nasturtiums keep blooming here and there.  All have been the same orange-red blooms so far.

Emilia

Thinking the unidentified volunteer plant in the mixed wetland pot is actually Florida Tasselflower (Emilia fosbergii). It is non-native, despite the name.

Carrots

Pulled a few of the oldest carrots to see how they are. Looking good. Will wait for more growth.



Here's the one nasturtium bloom, starting to degrade.



One bite of broccoli, all for me... (hopefully will keep growing)



A few of the stowaway plants that came with either the swamp milkweed or the cardinal flower are blue mistflowers.  That's fine, as I had thought about getting some.  They get a bit invasive (and stowaway) but I'm glad to get some for free.



I'm still trying to ID this one... I'm wondering if it's a Sonchus species as it has some similarities.  I haven't found a red-flowered species yet though.

What Weather

It's been cold and warm and just turning cold again. Lots of rain today, which is OK.  The one broccoli head is continuing to form.  The new lettuces and spinach and beets look good so far... I doubt the beets will keep it up though. 

One nasturtium is in bloom, the first one to bloom so far. It may be confused about the weather; I'm not sure.  It's a nice, deep, bright red-orange color.  Very pretty.

Still giving the carrots some time, but I might pull a few in the next week or two.

The prettiest thing in the garden so far is the container w/ the lettuce mix I transplanted. I want to eat it and also not eat it so I can continue to visually enjoy it.