#moringa tree

A common crow butterfly (Euploea core) extracts nectar from the blossom on a high branch of a moringa tree in West Bengal, India. The common crow butterfly belongs to the crows and tigers subfamily Danainae found from South Asia to Australia. As caterpillars, this species sequesters toxins from its food plant which are passed on from larva to pupa to the adult. While feeding, it is a very bold butterfly, taking a long time at each bunch of flowers

11/05/2020 part 1

The bell pepper was moved into a pot towards the end of the drive, it used to hold the Malabar when it was growing, around it is Salvia and Marigold along with a squash plant.

Row 1 = is mixed squashes of round tendo squash, zucchini and we think yellow squash.

Rows 2&3 = Peas, butternut and Kombucha squash, Armanian cucumbers.

Rows 4&5= kale, chard, cabbage and Broccoli

Row 7 = beans

Rows 8-10 are still tarped off.

A moringa tree that survived the last year was up potted as well as more flowers put into our secondary large front pot.

The flowers row needs to be reweeded and seeded again we are thinking of uprooting the Cannas and placing them there since they grow quickly and make a good looking barrier between us and the neighbor.

A view of rows 1-3 from the patio.

Supported fig that survived the brutal summer

The dragon fruit has come back from the dead as well

Row 1- Round zucchini

Row 2- peas

Row 3- kombucha pumpkins, Armanian cucumbers and a mystery squash

Row3

Row4- sunflowers, cabbage, chard

Row5- cabbage and kale

Row5

Row6- beans and more beans

Row 7, 8 & 9 all still tarped off

Potted row has a Moringa tree, fig tree and an empty pot, we plan on adding a few more pots to this row.

Flower row currently has just weeds growing going to try and get it reweeded and move some flowers in it in the next couple of months.

Big pot closest to front there has Marigolds, non Bermuda grass and another flower growing in it.

Close up of the Moringa tree and the fig. Larger fig in background along with the dragon fruit thats struggling to grow. Extra Marigolds growing in all the pots to help with pollination attractants and just because I think they look nice.

Bell pepper pot, it's gotten some blossoms but no peppers yet. Also has Salvia and Marigolds growing in it for added bee attractants.

Sweet basil flowering and a full thats struggling a bit. Haven't weeded out this part of the garden lately it's on the list for the week

Eggplants growing and producing a ton of blooms but no fruits yet

On the ground mint, basil plant and Canna flowers

We started setting up for the new season so we've got some new stuff planted now

The current carrot bed, we plan on adding at least 2 more carrot beds this year as well as an onion bed.

Garlic bed, I'm thinking we might need to plant some more garlic since it's looking like not all of it sprouted. Looks to be 7 or 8 cloves actually have growth currently

Full view of the beds when we started working on them today

top left= is now Kale

Bottom left= we'll be pulling the spinich in another week or two but leaving what we think is a wild chamomile.

Top right= Now has Blue Bean Bush and Borlotto Di Vigevano Nano beans where the peas used to be

bottom right= Tuscano Kale where the Raddishes where.

Leaving these rows as they are for now with the Lettus, Onions and I can't remember what's in the top left but there is a celery plant in there

The corn and beans where pulled we planted some squash in its place. The cabbage will be left for another week or two and the peas where also pulled we are looking into a spring/summer mix to replace them. The lemon tree has some flower buds on it and the Moringa has grown a bit even with the weird cold streak we had

Cabbage in the tall bed has grown some flowering off shoots!