Talavera Pots

It's not what we went to Emerisa Nursery to look for, but we came home with another of these pots to spruce up our front porch.The one we bought is on the other side of the table  and we were on the way to the car with a red David Austin rose when I decided, on a bit of a whim, to buy it. Back we went to the sales desk under a 'living roof' for a second time to pay for it. Spike was in his lair in the back of the car, so it was a bit of a challenge to squeeze in the madly blooming rose in a 5 gallon pot and the Talavera pot on my lap!

We went for a walk through the Laguna with Spike. Hadn't been there in quite awhile and a lot of memories of walking there with Ozzie came back to us as we circumnavigated what was once quite a large pond but has now become mostly bullrushes and brambles. The path winds along next to the Dutton vineyards. There are signs of flowering on the lower part of the new shoots. The cool weather has delayed the flowering and this is a vulnerable time for the development of a cluster. Unseasonable rain or wind can wash off the flowers which causes 'shatter', meaning that the cluster is not tightly shaped and the grapes are not a uniform size. This doesn't affect the quality of the grapes, but it does affect the quantity.

Back home John set about planting our rose in the fire garden. When we decided on an open wire fence we liked the view across the fields. With the new construction almost completed, we're done with that and ready to plant something colorful . The rose should do the trick if John ever manages to dig a big enough hole through the layers of rock, clay and gravel to put in some decent soil.

I will go to the local nursery tomorrow to find something for the new pot on the front porch and plant it.