We're beginning the planning stages of the new garden in the backyard. Sunday was a gorgeous day - 70 degrees and sunny. So we took the opportunity to let the boys run in the back and envision the new garden space. We decided where to put the water feature, how to position a path for access, and where to build the dry bed for rain runoff. We also decided to keep the elephant ears exactly where they are.

I've always liked the look of elephant ears. They happily grow pretty much anywhere. And, to coin a well known phrase, they can really take a licking and keep on ticking. These plants got nailed by the hurricane winds last year and lived with soaked feet from the pond waters rising. When we had our lawn cutting guy, the poor things got ripped to shreds by his trimmer and were run over a few times around the edges. Yet they continue to bounce back and are sending out little babies.

I found a site, Emily Compost, that has a bazillion questions from folks all around the US who are growing elephant ears indoors and out. Well, maybe not a bazillion but pretty darn close. Anyway, I'm going to try taking one of the babies and placing it on the other side of the new garden to frame it in. I'll let you know how it goes. Happy Florida Gardening.