Yesterday I began the day by gathering some plants together for a galpal to pick up. She recently bought a home with a big sunny yard and I had lots of cuttings and seedlings for her. There were loquat seedlings, 2 big aloe plants, 2 pineapple plants, an areca palm, a live oak and a laurel oak, some jatropha almond, lemongrass, ginger and night blooming jasmine. Yin Yang followed us as we wandered through the yard, but Izzy was nowhere to be seen. He’s such a fraidy cat, but once he meets this pal in person, he will want to climb in her car and go home with her. We found out that little oak seedlings have a long tap root and that aloe stays shallow. The areca palm was remarkably easy to dig up, as were the two pineapple plants.I have a lot of ginger and as we cut a few new ones for her, we could smell the fragrance. Mmmmm, nice. Continue reading →