Mahmood's Garden

The Xeriscaped Border is Complete!

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:34:35 +0000

Have a look at this beauty! We’ve just finished this new border this afternoon. I moved almost all the agaves and cactii from the cluster by the pool into this new brilliant arrangement, even if I say so myself

I’m looking forward for them to mature in place and hope all visitors to our neighborhood enjoy my xeriscaped garden border.

The Witch’s Cauldron

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:16:17 +0000

It’s flourishing this year, thanks for my wife’s choice of filling it to the brim with red chrysanthemums

And here’s a close-up of those gorgeous mums:

If you wish, click the picture above for an original size which you can use as your desktop background, or flip it 90 degrees and use it as a background for your iPhone.

A panorama of my garden this morning

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:02:41 +0000

Welcome to my refuge. My sanctuary.

Stock take

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:19:38 +0000

600 Allisum (white, pink, purple)
200 Geraniums (white, red)
300 petunias
100 marigolds
20 chrysanthemums
75 calendulas
100 stock (white, purple)
10 rose bushes (sultani)
10 jasmine bushes (full)
2 variegated hibiscus bushes
25 flowers, can’t remember there names at the moment!
25 colius

Did I paint a picture in your head yet?

Good progress on Hillside

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:06:23 +0000

Have a look at the progress done on Op Hillside since this morning:

Really glad. And I think once finished it will be quite unique too. We’ll be leaving things to set now and put the plumbing and plants in place next weekend.

Can’t wait!

Operation Hillside

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:22:57 +0000

Today I start the “hills” outside the house. This area was just lined with conacarpus trees hiding the beauty of the house and not contributing much to the environment.

Not going to divulge much now other than to say xeroscaping is probably be nicer with less maintenance.

The sunflowers germinated

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:55:23 +0000

Since the weather turned to the better about a week ago, I’ve put more effort into two things:

Golf
Gardening

I’m not showing much improvement in golf, but the garden has taken the bit and is off and running to full glory. During the Eid long weekend I took the chance to redo the vegetable patch and although no vegetable have been seeded there yet, I’ve prepared the ground and for the moment am using that patch’s sprinklers to water the small number of seed trays I’ve started. This morning, I was really happy to see that one of the sunflowers trays have sprouted with what looks like very healthy growth.

These are two types of sunflowers: at the top of the picture are the Mammoth Russian variety which can grow to 10 – 12 feet in height and with flower heads the size of dinner plates; while the others at the bottom are the much shorter Velvet Queen variety.

I was actually not holding on to much hope that they would germinate as their sell-by date has long past. They were marked to be used by 2010. I’m glad that they’re doing well (so far!)

At this rate, I’ll have to replant them into their permanent places within a week.

Me happy!

Abkhazi Garden, the hidden jewel

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:37:19 +0000

Seeds started

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:42:43 +0000

I finally started some seeds off this morning. There are so many things that I have had done to the garden this season and am preparing a really nice display for outside the house too in the coming few days. This season’s going to really rock!

Happy green fingers to you too!

Introducing Hope

admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:56:33 +0000

I just realized that I didn’t introduce Hope on the blog! Sorry. Well, meet Hope, the newest addition and the very much long awaited addition to the garden. Here she is sitting at her pond and being quite happy and content.

I had my eye on her for months, but unfortunately the seller and I couldn’t agree on a price. Now that they’re going out of business, they have met my stipulated price and I brought her over about 3 weeks or so ago, and yesterday afternoon was an opportune moment for to me clean up around her and spruce up her throne a bit. Now with the cable and various pipes hidden, I’m quite happy too.