Life in Costa Rica: The good news is.....

All of my new flowers have been planted. The new Hortensia is under the tree in front of my house. The Gardenia tree, along with a bougainvillea is off to the right, between the house and the little road to the bodega. All the rest have been planted in the white garden. Not a lot are in bloom right now but in time it will be a beautiful area. The other thing the crew did was build me kind of an arbor for my maraquija and planted the seeds. When I mentioned to Jose the area I was thinking of putting it, he said he had special wire and went and got it. They wrapped the trees in the area and then strung it between the trees. They planted the seeds and put two bamboo poles for it to climb up. It is to the left of the house so it will be easy to keep an eye on it. They trimmed a few branches on one of the trees so there will be plenty of sun. In some areas I have ant problems so they found the home and gave it a treatment. These are leaf cutter ants so we followed the trail of ants carrying pretty good size pieces of leaves.

Now the bad news. I have mentioned we have been getting lots of rain. And, my vegetable garden is on a slope. Well, what was growing was getting quite tall. Unfortunately it wasn’t what they planted and today they pulled it all up and did some replanting. There is now a ditch for the water instead of going right through the vegetable patch. There are also mounds and valleys. The biggest problem today was Dally. She was digging in there as fast as they got things planted. We will see if we have any better luck this time. If not, I will give up. I have tried flowers and now vegetables. We did trim the herbs and stuck all the cut off pieces in the ground so I should have lots of herbs. I also cut a few branches from the bottom of my eucalyptus and stuck them in a pot. I really hope they grow so I can have more trees. The 3 poinsettia are doing really good but not so much my ayote. It died. My lemon tree looks good and my peanut butter tree is growing. So is my mango and pineapple. I may have to concentrate on fruit instead of vegetables.

Wednesday I go back to the clinic in Paraiso for all my lab work and next Wednesday I go to the hospital in Cartago to see about my eye appointment. One of these Monday’s I need to go to the hospital to deliver hats. It is the only day I haven’t been there.