Palm Saturday

Started the day watering here and there. The bougainvillea leaves are getting eaten by moths (I'm assuming--I see them flitting around in the early am and late pm) drenched them with some systemic pesticide. The potato, blooming right nicely, is getting too tall, and leggy. I am loathe to cut it back now as the warm growing season is passing into sunny but cooler. Not sure how it will grow back. May have to do it anyway. 8' with a canopy on a 10' wide terrace is to be reckoned with. (terrace is 10' x 35'). '

Planted palm today. It sits up higher in the pot than in the busted 5gal paint can. Might be too big, a good experiment. Made a run to Home Depot for more potting soil. Did a circle around palm section. A $16 foxtail palm caught my eye. Slapped it in a light blue pot. Bought some mulch too and went around doing some much needed mulching.

Needed to make room for the palm experiment, the 12' plumeria got the ax-- at least down below this year's growth. Again, we'll see how things grow in as we slide into winter. The winter solstice is coming up.