Choice Morsels

  I was planting daylilies today. They were a replacement order. There were five in the first order, one being red, but it bloomed and showed itself to be pink. So I chatted with the online company and they re-sent the whole set of 5 daylillies. Hopefully, the red is red this time in this batch. Today's Garden Pics are a couple garden shots & freshly blooming Gerber Daisies! Sweet Potatoes: Container Patio Sweet Peas: Just taken today: A burst of bloom from one of my Gerbers out front! They actually like blooming this time of year in Florida.

Today I was planting my "fall container garden" in these clay pots set into the ground. There are 3, though one isn't in view.  They were out in-ground next to the veggie bed in back, but we'll be re-working that space with raised garden frames later when weather is cooler, so I moved them here, where they'll be easy to take care of. The first one has Red Veined Sorrel planted in it; the second has Spinach and the third has Romaine---though the Romaine seed is older and I'm not sure it will come up. We'll see. I also planted radish seed in the ground around the front edge of each clay pot. I figured why not? Those seeds aren't doing anything else. The  container with the leafy greenery is a pot blueberry that's busy new branches for next years fruit.  This is what Red Veined Sorrel looks like. Young leaves can be used in salads and older leaves in stir-fries, soups, etc. But aside from it's food value, I thought it's just...