A GBBD after the storm

Nature has its own timing, and sometimes collapse with ours.  Last weekend I was preparing the post for May Dreams Gardens November's GBBD, to share images of what's on the garden and potager, but since last Saturday with have had days of violent storms with heavy winds and rain, that stopped just yesterday evening.  As usual, the calm comes after the storm, and I adventure myself out to do the damages report and also take some pictures to include in this post.  Fortunately,  despite the violence of the weather of past days, the gardens were not badly damaged but are overwatered, so we hope for few days of sun to dry the ground.

early in the morning after the storm

I am learning to garden in "the second spring", as the locals call the autumn season, with many plants coming out of dormancy after the long and dry summet, flowering profusely.  The mini herbs garden is doing well, with some new addings for color notes.

In the potager, my "husband's territory", an ecosystem using permaculture techniques, there are planted winter veggies for the kitchen-garden: seasonal salads, peas, garlic, onions, leeks, artichokes, coliflowers, radish, etc., all varieties well adapted to the climate here.

Let me introduce you to a one of the new projects he is working on: A design of mobiles greenhouses for tender plants, or in this case baby trees.  This is one of the first prototypes, with wheels. More news to come.

I opened a new area for more herbs and medicinal plants that I need to have at hand, such as Perilla frutescens also commonly known as shiso, perfect for alergies.

Perilla frutescens

There is a spot to take our time to see them growing,

But we are still in time to plant some more, so we will be visiting the local farmer's market next weekend, maybe there will be more plantlets to take home.

There is more, but that will be for the next GBBD, so I leave you with some touches of color from flowers of plants were already in the garden and others I planted.

Pennisetum setaceum "Fireworks"

Begonia

Lavándula angustifolia

Bouganvillea

cacti

Cayunas

Iris pseudacorus

Lantana camara