Senita People - Eat it Up - Cactus

Currently blooming at Stanford AZ Gardens

Gorgeous white flower on your right is a Senita Cactus

This was an important food for the Senita People

Cousin Martha and I hope to visit the Sonoran Desert where Senita's grow

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

https://www.desertusa.com/cactus/senita-cactus.html

Halloween with Cousin Martha - Flowering Pumpkins

Carving Pumpkins

and

Flowering Pumpkins

Smaller Pumpkin Ingredients

Glue

Yard Debris: CA Pepperberry and Bits of Succulents

Large Pumpkin:

Scooped Out

Filled with Gravel

Then filled with agave pup (a small succulent compmplete with root, found in my Cousin's yard), bits of succulents and CA pepper berries

Added water to the large pumpkin as some succulents may root

Half Moon Bay, Non-Native Beauty (Ice Plant, Succulent)

Oh yah, it's ice plant

Much scorn cuz, she's not native

But she's tenacious

Holiday Planting and Beyond! Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Packs a Red Punch

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is giving my succulent ball just the punch it needs for the holiday season - and beyond.

I got this lovely stuff - and quite a lot of the other succulents - at Succulent Gardens in nearby Castroville. It's a fantastic nursery - and right now they have free shipping. So guess who just ordered more of these darling little red guys?

Care and Prep - This time through I soaked my moss ball in fish emulsion (I think Braun makes these balls). Will see how that works out. Going to water between the plants with a spray bottle once or twice a week, once it dries out.

No, I'm not done yet!

Succulents Salute Summer

Succulents Will Blaze

Where Summer Life is Cooler

A Forever Rose