Succulants and Rex Begonia Clean Up.

What a cold week we have had this week. So glad for my fire place. Consequently haven't done a great deal but my  grand daughter helper started today and we cleaned up the plants on the fence line. This is a view outside my kitchen window so it is nice to see it done.

Side one

Miss P worked hard emptying them all, while I wandered around and collected numerous pots of succulents. After it was all emptied into a bigger container, we then  refreshed the soil with cow manure and some chicken pellets and mixed it all up. Succulents don't really need a lot of nutrients, and seemed to grow well with a bit of neglect.

Side 2

Next to all this is a shaded garden that I keep my Rex Begonias in. So another lesson for Mis P about them and we pulled everything out, did the same thing with the soil and repotted everything.

Very hand to use the verandah.

Unfortunately I have lost quite a few, due to my inactivity in the last year and hot weather, but as I got a Bunnings voucher for Mothers Day, by our youngest daughter, this I think, if I can get them, will spend on some more and build the collection up again.

Stands are getting very rusty hopefully another year for them.

The above is where they all go, an orange clivia growing in the ground and also an arum lily,which I thought had died, is at the back under the tree.
 

 The tree is a jaboticaba, of which the plum like fruit grows on the trunk and limbs. Last year I found some for the first time in 10 years but  I don't  like the taste of them. This tree I am thinking we can take out, but will investigate that with John, as the roots must be growing close to the house foundations. I pruned some of the branches up high and John needs to get in with a taller ladder and his strength to cut more. The leaves are getting into the gutter and the tank filters. If the tree comes out a replacement shade bush needs to go in.

All ready for a new growing season.

On another note, I was due for my Rheumatoid infusion this coming Wednesday and decided to have a blood test last week as its been 3 months now since I had one. Unexpectedly, both my specialist and local Drs. rang as the white blood cells are very low. On a normal scale 1.50 is the lowest reading acceptable, mine was .83, which means I am up for any infection that comes my way. Lucky I don't go out except for medical lol.

This week our embroidery group starts again, now that the restrictions have eased a bit, and I will still go as only 4 of us. Of course I have to have another blood test tomorrow, to see what the next step is, if nothing changes maybe wait another week or two. The specialist is investigating alternatives as well, I was starting to feel well again too, despite the pain and stiffness.


Stay Safe everyone, Till Next Time.