Bean Tree Blooms at last!

It has been several months since I posted on my blog, but blooms on my baby bean trees have brought me back.  It is hard to believe it has been 4 years since I sprouted the Mescal Bean seeds and started my own little trees. I have tracked their growth in this blog over the years and at last another milestone has been reached.  Two of the little trees have put out buds for the first time!  They are not open yet, but very soon that amazing grape candy scent will be in my yard.   Now if only the nasty worms that come in the summer would leave them alone.  It seems I spend months battling them but the blooms are worth it!

 Winter flowers that are still hanging on.

 I am still picking peppers from the pepper plants I potted up last Spring.

 My "Old Man" cactus is always the first to bloom each Spring.

 This year the little "Old Man" is blooming too!

 These were teeny tiny baby  spiders my NYC pal sent to me last Spring.  They've overgrown their pot and need re-potting.

 Peas planted last Fall.  We've had such a nice winter- they  did well and are producing now.

 One of my Spring bulb gardens, with Hyacinth just starting to come up.  That alligator sure is out of place in the desert!

Happy Spring!