Gardening

For the past few days, I have been collecting flower cuttings and bagging them. I have never done it before in the US and had no idea it was even possible - but almost all my plants here were grown that way. I looked it up and it's called "vegetative propagation." Basically it's cloning a plant. You just cut off a branch and stick it in some dirt, and about a week later it has rooted and is strong enough to start growing again.

I have collected hibiscus...

 Jasmine...

 Roses...

 ...and what I think is a Dahlia of some sort.

We have been working in the yard clearing space and removing rocks and pebbles. We also brought rocks from the river awhile ago to make flower beds, so I've been rearranging those and then cutting sticks to act as a fence so the dogs won't run them over once we plant them. Marcos is in the mountains and has no idea what we've been doing! Leyla has been a big help ;) She likes to be outside with us and tries to "help."

We already have several colors of vinca, a geranium that hasn't bloomed yet, a bougainvillea, and an interesting impatiens variety.

  I hope to spread a little more white with the Jasmine and plant some other flowers to have a little more color variety, since most of them right now are pinks and purples. But, everything is coming along nicely for now and I'm crossing my fingers that the flowers root successfully and we will have a beautiful garden in a few months!