Full sun. Be sparing on the watering; let them dry our fully between watering. Lavender blooms best when it’s a little bit, ‘stressed.’ When you see buds, give it a shot of Bloom Booster; higher MIDDLE number on the NPK scale.
This time (and into the summer months) I collect as much wild grape vine as I can. I love making grape vine wreaths. I’ll start one (or a few!) as soon as I have enough material and add to it all summer long.
Our patch of Black Cap Raspberries by the outdoor dog kennels is just LOADED with forming fruit. All of my fruit trees (Apples, Pears, Peach & Cherries) are also loaded. I’m hoping for a big fruit harvest this season. Rain coming this week which will help, but if we go into a Drought Year (we just got OUT!) I’ll water them myself.
I know they like it on the dry side. They were fairly dry before planting. I watered them in when I planted them, but unless it rains, they won’t get anything for awhile.
The Little Missy boxwoods I planted are looking great so far.
So I’m a happy little camper this morning .. got everything done yesterday on my to-do list & all I have to do today is grocery shop, do some food prep & mow. Gorgeous day outside, too.
Stepped out on the back patio & there is a line of ants streaming across. No problem. I have Ortho Home Defense that I got for the boxelder bugs earlier this spring - works on ants. On to the raised beds/shop.
What in the world?? Both of my wash tubs were totally dug up, the flowers off to the side. Probably the raccoon I had mercy on the other day. I used Expert Gardener potting soil, added some fertilizer (not bone meal) for flowers, same brand. The animal must have smelled it & gone digging. The flowers were ‘ok’, root balls intact, not wilted. I replanted & watered them in. Hopefully they will be ok. If the tubs get dug out again, I’ll bring the trap up & set it at the tubs ... or maybe I won’t wait & will set the trap at the wash tubs tonight.
All other raised beds are undisturbed. I checked the lavenders because I did use bone meal (planting instructions said give each plant a teaspoon). Knowing your tomatoes got dug up, I put the bone meal in the bottom of each 8” hole & mixed it with about a cup of dirt, then put in the plant & filled the hole. The lavenders are undisturbed this morning.