Green Acres

Quite often when I turn the corner and head down my street I launch into song:  Greeeeen acres is the place for me!  Faaarrrmmm livin' is the life I lead.  Land spreadin' out so far and wide...

This time of year it's verdant, lush and a-bloom with citrus, avocados, amaryllis, sweet pea, clivia, watsonia, freesia, star-of-david, geranium, fern, and the list goes on.  Long gone are the tulips and daffodils.  But they've given me that gardening itch.

Apple Blossom Amaryllis

Double Midnight Hollyhock

Seeing the marine layer hang over the Santa Monica Mountains and glimpsing the lush, grassy peeks of the San Gabriel Mountains  let's me know it's time to get busy in the garden.  This year a new asparagus bed goes in and the usual basil, rosemary, mint, oregano, sage, chives, and thyme get planted.  Each year I plant a couple new varieties and this year I'm looking forward to lemon sage.  O' just think of the possibilities.

I'm only speculating again but I'm sure there will be more singing in my future.  I can just hear Oliver calling out to Liiiisa:  you are my wife!  Goodbye city life!  Maybe I'll learn the 2nd verse to the Green Acres theme song!

Peonies