may 12 garden

FOR MOTHERS DAY  mike built me a arbor, of sorts, to support my growing kiwi.  he made it out of leftover oak from building our house.  it is staked into the ground and off the ground with landscaping timbers.  it is very rustic looking!(on purpose)

this is my kiwi plant that has been growing for about 3 years.  i am going to train it to start growing up the arbor. last year it seemed i still had 3 kiwi-2female and1 male. this year, maybe because of the harsh winter i lost 2. so i am going to have to replace the 2 with 1 female and 1 male

i have started training it to grow UP the arbor by tying cotton string lightly around the vine and posts.

i somehow ended up with a very hardy passion flower in my garden.  maybe carried in by seed by birds?  last year it even fruit, but the birds got to it before i did!  with my new arbor i decided to transplant it from a raised bed(2) to the opposite corner from the kiwi.

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