I was out for a Sunday morning bike ride around town yesterday with Mi Esposo and we passed a drought tolerant garden, with artichokes being the focal point. I love the silver and grey-green colors of the plants. I’m going to have to remember to go by when they are blooming. They will bloom as giant thistles, worth it for not harvesting!
Drought tolerant garden
Beautiful artichokes will become gigantic thistle if not harvested
I don’t have the room in my garden for growing something this size, but maybe in the future as I rearrange the garden. They are quite the show stopper.
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Drought tolerant
My blueberries are starting to ripen up and I’m harvesting a small handful every day!
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blueberries
Last week was Coronado’s famous Home Front Judging. The objective is to get the community into a collective effort to spruce up the town. Residents take this event very seriously, and yard work goes into overdrive to get gardens get spruced up. Volunteer judges fan out all over town, judging with a set criteria, but it’s a volunteer squad and can be subjective, so some people aren’t always happy with the final results. It’s a tradition that livens up conversation around town the week before our beloved Flower Show.
I spent Saturday driving around Coronado, looking at beautiful homefronts. Seven judges narrowed down the field of top homefronts to the top winner, runner-up and the Top 10. It was a long day, and probably the hardest day of judging I’ve done in the last few years due to the profusion of blooms this year. It’s been a weird year of weather, but flowers are blooming like crazy! We drove all over town, grading and admiring. We awarded the last Top Ten award to a sweet little house on Orange Avenue. The owner was so touched she got tears in her eyes. A nice finish to a fun day.
I didn’t get pictures of all the homes we looked at but here’s a selection of top homes we looked at on Saturday.
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Coronado Flower Show,
Coronado Home Front judging
