Cool Front

I got up early and watered the outside front as a cool front was coming through with rain. Since the soil in South Florida is 100% sand, rain will take a swift trip through  to the aquifer if the sand isn't wet when the rain comes. So, here I stand, hand watering the swale as a thunderstorm looms on the horizon. Now the neighbors are certain I am crazy.
By mid afternoon the rain arrived and the plants celebrated. Tomorrow will be dry and gardening will happen in cooler weather. I actually went shopping tonight and didn't come home dripping  sweat.  It seemed like  a miracle.
The Loquat tree I bought is definitely blooming. There will be fruit! We shall see how good the cultivar Xmas is.
I got some of those landscaping peanut plants discounted at Lowes. Now I wish I had bought them all. They do not produce peanuts but do multiply via underground runners slowly. However, the flowers are edible. I am hooked on those little yellow flowers. They taste a bit like smoked almonds.
Another couple of little tomatoes ripened yesterday. WOW, are they good and of course, they are the one plant without a tag from the nursery! I did so much transplanting yesterday that I now need more soil.
My African Violet leaves have produced babies! I had to buy tiny pots at JoAnn's Craft Store to repot them. Yikes, they are expensive. Now  for  a tip. When you buy a violet, take a couple of leaves for propagation just in case the mother plant decides to die on you. I wish I had done that with my last two minis. I lost my favorite one. Of the two, it was the happiest, healthiest. Then one morning, it was dead and the other one is still hanging in there. You never know  with them.

I cut a water bottle in half, punch a hole in the lid with a wire cutter and poke a wick through it. The top half is filled with seed starter mix and dampened, The bottom half is filled with water to  wick water the top half. Into the top I insert  2 leaves from  the mother plant. It can take months but this is what you get, two tiny plants. I will not remove the  mother leaf but transplant the whole thing into a tiny pot with a wick and a reservoir. AV like to be wick watered because they hate to get too dry or have wet leaves.