Garden visitor, White-tailed deer

Had a garden visiter a few days ago a White-tailed deer.

Death of a Giant, Castor Beans

I had several large "Impala" Castor beans in front of the house. We had a storm and they fell over the ground just became too saturated and it was windy. Well they fell over, lol. I thought about staking them up but they are too heavy. I am leaving them for now on the ground so I can harvest the seeds so ill have more castors next year, soon ill probably end up cutting them down. I included a few photos of them standing as well.

Taste of the Tropics in Illinois

Took some pics of the tropical garden, Musa basjoo, various cannas, elephant ears etc.

Hardy Cacti & Succulent Garden

Took some pics today of my Hardy Cacti & Succulent Garden.

Jesus may hate figs, but I love them.

I got a "Chicago Hardy" Fig this spring and I got my first fig a few days ago, and since then iv gotten 5 figs. I have to be honest I never tasted a fig until the other day, besides whats in fig Newtons, lol. I like fresh figs though they are nice and sweet when fully ripe.

Garden Visitor, Eastern Box Turtle

Today I had a visitor to my garden, an Eastern Box Turtle.

The Hardy Cacti Garden

So I finished my hardy cacti bed a few weeks ago. It is a semi-raised bed that I made out of some old discarded cinder blocks I found on the side of the street, and the larger rocks I found around my house. The bed was filled with a mixture of play sand, paver sand, and miracle-grow potting mix. Then topped the bed off with pea gravel and red lava rock, on the upper section. I used Alabama sunset river rocks around the larger rocks to help keep the sand from eroding away. I planted several species of hardy cacti species as well as three Yucca Rostrata, two Agave Paryii var. Paryii, and two Agave harvardia. I decided to go with more of a seaside theme for this bed and various sea shells, sea glass, and flat marbles. I am very happy with the way this turned out.