What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

Today I picked 2 large scallions from my garden.

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I finally got my Indonesian Wax Jambu Dark Dragron. It’s supposed to be the best variety right now with no seeds.
The person sold me, I saw her on youtube, she’s very nice person in person, but I didn’t see her face because she covered her face with mask.
I got the plant and she gave me back $20, but I refused to take it, so she gave me a cutting of atemoya Milky, a sought after variety that I don’t have, so I took and immediately went home and grafted to 3 trees to increase my odds.
It’s been a while since I graft anything, so it’s a bit of a practice for me. Glad I found some secateurs that were sharp enough to graft, somehow I lost my grafting knife, my husband moved things around before the rain and I couldn’t find my tools again.
 
I harvested some cilantros from my garden, they smell wonderful. I now know I miss out on the real cilantro flavor, only a few twigs though.

Cilantro in January

Cilantro in January


Some photos of my front yard, and the last one is my guava, to be picked any day now
Rouge Royal in January

Rouge Royal in January

Eustacia Vye in January

Eustacia Vye in January

A David Austin rose
Belinda’s Dream in January

Belinda’s Dream in January

Salvia

Salvia

Mystic Spires
Guava in January

Guava in January

 
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SoCalZone10 said:
I harvested some cilantros from my garden, they smell wonderful. I now know I miss out on the real cilantro flavor, only a few twigs though.

Cilantro in January

Cilantro in January


Some photos of my front yard, and the last one is my guava, to be picked any day now
Rouge Royal in January

Rouge Royal in January

Eustacia Vye in January

Eustacia Vye in January

A David Austin rose
Belinda’s Dream in January

Belinda’s Dream in January

Salvia

Salvia

Mystic Spires
Guava in January

Guava in January

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Jealous. I have virtually nothing. But this is seasonal Kent. Its grey and not very cold. A few pansies show their faces in my window boxes. Salvia is always there, like a reassuring Aunt.
 
Morning Glory said:
Jealous. I have virtually nothing. But this is seasonal Kent. Its grey and not very cold. A few pansies show their faces in my window boxes. Salvia is always there, like a reassuring Aunt.
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Interestingly enough, my daughter and a few of my neighbors like salvia plant the best. They pass by and take photos of thevplant while i was hiding in the back.
One year someone said to my husband she liked our lavender plants, my husband was really surprised, he said in a sea of roses, they told me they like the lavender plant.
 
I just had my first Gold Nugget from my front yard, I thought it wasn’t ripe yet, but it’s delicious. I now like this variety better than the Sumo I had from last year, maybe it has something to do with front yard, full sun.
That said today I did plant my Shinseiki Asian Pears, I hope to get more pears from this one.
I also potted a Snack Time Nectarine, this is supposed to be a very good variety from Andy’s orchard in the Bay Area.
I also moved my Tahitian lime or Bearss to a new location. This makes room to move my Gold Nugget to full sun.
I also moved Sihanouk atemoya to a bigger pot.
 
It's still raining (well, more drizzle than rain) but that's very unusual for January here. The grape, sun-kissed and yellow tomatoes are coming up, as well as some tiny chile peppers I acquired from the Amazon jungle. The tiny bird peppers are reproducing at an alarming rate and the Scotch bonnet is producing some really pretty hot peppers.
 
I did it. This afternoon I trimmed all the climbing roses, removed a couple roses, the area is now cleanish, not perfect, I still have to remove some old rose leaves, and that’s it for this area.
Some of my grapes are leafing out, I did trim there a bit. But getting ready to wrap grape leaves and something tasty.
 
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