Showing posts with label Passiflora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passiflora. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Rain Barrel

Or, as I usually call it - "my kick-ass rain barrel." That's 275 gallons, baby. Someone pointed out that I should have a picture of someone standing by it, for scale, but I still don't have such a picture. It's about 4' tall.

The water comes in from the downspout off the roof gutters (duh).

It overflows through these holes onto the "lawn" if it gets too full.

And I can attach a regular garden hose to its faucet.


I know - it's ugly.

So we planted a passiflora vine to cover it, and because of my obession with growing things I can eat, we searched out a passiflora that is supposed to produce good fruit.


It's filling in nicely, and has begun to bloom.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

Okay, I know I don't really count as a garden blogger, since as yet no one is reading this blog. (Except maybe Holly. Thanks, Holly!) But anyway. I've seen that some garden bloggers observe "garden bloggers bloom day," by posting pictures of things that are in bloom on the 15th of each month. So here goes.