Agaves , Epiphyllums and Curly Wurly Kale 🌿

 

Up early - cut the grass in the ornamental garden....except for one last little bit ....because the damned battery ran out !

Anyway then spent a couple of hours up in the shed , pricking out and potting on the curly wurly kale seedlings .

 Pricked out and potted on more lettuces . Gave everything a drink . Tradescantia cuttings still looking good . Egyptian Onions looking great , I had thought I might have lost them but I had saved lots of bulbils and they are all coming up .

 Tidied up some of the Epiphyllums . Need to spend some more time pruning , repotting and generally pampering them . They will soon be showing signs of new shoots and buds .

After potting up all the seedlings I was somewhat aching , so then sat chatting on the phone with my botanical brother up country . 🥧🥟He of the wonderful pies ! 

Anyway , he told me he was repotting his Grape vine cutting and it got me thinking about the cutting I took last year , or maybe the year before . I haven't given anything any attention since the end of last August after my spine injury  .I'm only just getting back on track with my health . I am feeling so much better now thanks to my very patient doctors , nurses , therapists and physiotherapists .

So , oh my goodness , I went to take a look at my grape vine cutting in the greenhouse .

                                              Where did I put it ? ! 🤔

                                          Oh dear ! ...... There it is !   😔

                         I 'd better take it out and have a closer look at it  .

                              Oh dear !  And the compost is bone dry !

    Hang on a minute ......  can I see buds ?     🎉Yes ! 🤩

                        Dash about to find a bigger pot and some fresh compost !

                                 I teased out the root-ball a little bit .

                                       Into the bigger pot with fresh compost .

                                    Given a good long drink .

And into the greenhouse . Sort of intensive care unit .

 I have put it in with these poor Agaves that I had not been able to bring in to over winter . I was unable to do any gardening at all from the end of last August and so many things had to be just left to take their chance through the Winter months . 

I think I can save them . Some have pups (off shoots ) coming out of the bottom of their pots . Even if I lose them , I do have more healthy ones .

                                 Here is a more healthy looking one !

               It will eventually replace this monster  !

                                             Agave salmiana var ferox  

 I am hoping this one will put up it's huge inflorescence soon . Maybe this year .

 Then it will wither down , I will take it out , pull up all the off shoots and replace with that new one.

The fence around it at the moment, is so that I can more easily throw a cover over it if we were to get an Arctic blast .  It's been quite mild this year  .   BUT  we could , as yet , still get some cold weather . 

   They can actually take quite a bit of cold . It's the wet that Agaves don't like . 

                                               Last job of the day .

 I coppiced down this willow . It will now produce lots of lovely golden yellow stems .

               That's all fer today ! Have a great weekend all ! I'm thinking of you !

                                🌼  love Daisy Debbie x🌼

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