Total Sustainability just footsteps away from the Kitchen.
Here is my friend Lisa’s Garden in Santa Monica, CA. She loves and lives to cook and just walk out side of her kitchen door just a few feet away to her garden. Lisa can just grab what she needs and whips up a meal. Just like that.
Breakfast this morning consisted of:
Tomatoes, Green Onions, garlic chives, jalapeno, Cilantro from the garden and Carrots, Egg whites and a little cheese from the market. Voil’a!!!!! A delectable frittata.
Lisa claims the garden is not always easy, anything from Aphids to Snails or Fungus to Mold.
She is always fighting something but gets a real sense of accomplishment when she overcomes
these obstacles. Nothing worth having always comes easy.
Montrose Purple Vitex: Vitex agnus-castus verbenaceae
In the Verbena family, this pest free-sun loving tree goes by many names. Most commonly known as Vitex, this wonderful tree can also be known as Texas lilac, Indian spice, Hemp tree, Pepper tree and Monks pepper tree.
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Above is Neon Flash Spirea. Wonderful for bright pink color all summer long. Great for attracting butterflies.
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Tagetes Lemmonii:
Genus: tagetes (Tag-e-Teez)
Species :Lemmonii (Lem-on-eye)
This wonderfully fragrant perennial is hardy in zones 8-10 . A Fall bloomer that loves the sun and requires little water. A great choice for low maintenance “Zero-Scapes”, attracts butterflies and is well suited for hill country and habitat themed gardens.
Easy to sculpt if out of control, just make sure you trim it in the early spring so it has plenty of time to produce the fall blooms.
If you have an issue of Deer eating your plants, this one is considered a Deer Repellent. Copper Canyon Daisy is one of my favorites this time of year.
