Lots of rocks and a Gerbera plant

So I started digging up my plot during the week and much to my surprise and disappointment, it's mostly made up of limestone rock. Now Barbados is made up of Limestone so I did expect to get a few rocks. I lived about two minutes away from where I do right now and the soil was really nice and rich...that is what I banked on getting. Instead this is what I found about a foot or so beneath...

MY ROCK GARDEN...WHAT WHAT I THINKING!

THE SECOND SET OF ROCKS I DUG UP

PEBBLES EVERWHERE

We had a back up plan...to plant in a shadier area closer to the entrance of the house. Sam started digging and the soil there was a lot better...I was so thrilled...until he struck a pipe and there was water gushing everywhere. We quickly got it fixed.

I'm still using the rockier patch and got it cleared a tad better. I transplanted some sunflowers yesterday. Here are some pics of my few germinations that I'm so proud of. I have a few more which I hope to show later.

BRONZE SUNFLOWERS, COSMOS, CARNATION, BROCCOLI AND SOME SHY ONES

BASIL

MORE COSMOS...THEY'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLANTS

Here are a few pics of my pink desert rose. It just started flowering for the first time...I'm so excited!

PINK DESERT ROSE

PINK DESERT ROSE

Because I was so stressed about my "rocky" week, I decided to reward myself today and bought a pink Gerbera Daisy...yay!!

PINK GERBERA

PINK GERBERA (its a bit dark...sorry)

I thought she was a good reward for all my hard, back breaking work...what do you think? Happy Easter everyone!

Kiz

A really simple way of enriching the soil without the process of making compost is to dig holes or a trench in you garden, add dead leaves, small twigs, dead grass clippings (don't use weeds that have gone to seed or anything with roots still attached). You can also add egg shells, coffee grounds, tea leaves, chopped up banana peels....cover it up with soil and let it sit for a few months. The organic matter will compost right in the ground.
Just don't add a lot of food items and no meats, dairy or greasy foods...those don't compost, you would have animals digging everything up and the smell would be horrible.

You don't need a lot of space to compost, a large trash can can be used. You just have to remember to stir it up in some way every few days(pour it from one pot to another would act as the stirring process) and make sure you have the ingredients to make it hot so the mircrobes can do their work.

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