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When I brought my colocasia in for the season, I split off a couple of babies to share with my cousin and my nephew. As they sat by the back door, new growth happened and, because they were in the shade, they grew green. They need light to get black. When there was a stretch of warm days, I put them on the stoop and watched them turn. I thought you’d get a kick out of this.
Thursday 
Friday 
Saturday. Veins showing more strongly 
Sunday 
Monday 
I brought them in last night because we’re having another temperature drop. This is the final photo.
(I thought I posted this a month ago 🙄)
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Chuck planted it to be a wall when there was a labyrinth there. But, the squirrels always beat us to the nuts and it’s a pain to manage. There are redbuds and maples volunteering where we can’t control them. I have given away one bush and cut down 2 more in order to open up the view of the flower bed that’s in the center.
That flowerbed’s a mess and I’m disassembling that, too. I moved the hibiscus today and my thighs are mad about it.
I always mean to do better keeping up the yard. But, when it gets hot, I lose all my good intentions. So, this cool season, I’m going to do my best to create something that is realistically manageable.
I’ve offered as much of the branches as any re-enactor wants to come take away to a friend who does living history for a living. She has been told that she is welcome to offer to people she knows who may want some. I trust her not to hand out my address to loons.
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I have decided to change how my herbs are grown.
I pinched the little bit of flat leafed parsley that was available and hung 3 bundles to dry.
I don’t like the Greek basil. It grows low and flat in a way that isn’t conducive to drying. So, I pulled it up. I have clipped as much as I could, which wasn’t much, and have 4 bundles on my drying rack.
I left the Italian oregano where it was. I moved the tiny curly leafed parsley to a roomier place in the trough and settled the flat leafed parsley into its spot at the end of the bed. It has all had a good soak.
I think I’ll pinch the Italian oregano tomorrow. It’s mostly low growing at this point and I won’t get much more that’s easy to hang until next summer.
I had already mangled the thyme and moved it to one of the giant pots that I moved from the front of the house to the patio. It’s doing well. AND some saffron crocuses I had planted in that pot a couple of years ago appear to be coming up. I really did think they were dead. So, I’m delighted. And hopeful.
The saffron is the straight bits behind the thyme. I’ll show them off later if they do bloom. They’re Fall blooming. So, maybe soon-ish.
The sage is thriving in the other huge pot. It grows so well that I have plenty for my own use and have given 4 oz. jars to my cousin and uncle for their holiday cooking.
The large pots are taller than my knee and shorter than my hip.
I moved some sweet mint from the bed by the Texas Everbearing fig into a pot. It should be easier to manage and use next year. If it dies in the pot, there will still be plenty popping up where I don’t want it. I put it in the pot for easier access and so that grass management wouldn’t interfere with it.
And I just spotted more saffron by the chives!
I really did think they’d all died. So, I am very excited.
I am the Audience 