Are you ready for a green overload? Yesterday afternoon, while I was watering the garden, I took photos as I went, discovering some really lovely growth. Most of the plants were free in one way or another, grown from saved seeds, self seeded from else where in the garden, gifted, saved from near death (that would be the potted fig tree) or in the case of the pineapples, grown from the spiky top of the previous pineapple, that is the marvel of nature. Gardening needn't cost you a fortune.
Pour yourself your favourite cuppa, this is a very long post.
I spied a spider sitting on a leaf of the saved fig tree, it was quite a weird looking spider
I swear this amaranth wasn't there last week, they grow like triffids
The Pomegranate is quite happy where it is
With lots of new growth
I also "saved" this plant, it once belonged to our son, who at the time, many years ago, was doing Bonsai and had plans to Bonsai it, well that didn't happen and now it is a huge tree.
The mint just runs wild in the gravel next to the path between the shed and the house, occasionally it dies back but then comes back with gusto.
We have pineapples galore
All grown from previous spiky tops of home grown pineapples, it takes about 2 years to reach an edible size, but I don't mind, it is fun and free.
I will leave the parsley to go to seed and collect them
Sweet potato and pumpkin vines going wild
Remember the fig tree I saved, look at it now
And remember the Avocado I grew from seed, look at it now!
Sage and spring onions in an old unused drinks tub, we simply drilled some holes in it and voila, a free and lovely looking planter.
Also, remember the "acquired" Fiddle Leaf Fig seedling?
I have propagated 3 beautiful plants from that tiny seedling
This is the original Fiddle Leaf Fig, I just keep cutting the top off of it and planting it on
This is a lovely pink lily, that we collected from our daughters block of land, is going to seed, of course I will collect the seeds for future planting
Young ginger plants, grown from "sprouts" on bought ginger
We have now chopped and dropped the green manure in all the raised garden beds except for this end bed, we will probably tackle that job over the weekend. This is the bed that we didn't treat with Troforte, it is still struggling to reach the lofty heights of the other beds that were given a dose of Troforte
I am just letting the pumpkin vines do their own thing as we won't be planting anything else in these beds until March next year. Unfortunately the little baby pumpkins keep withering and falling off, does anyone know what I am doing wrong?
My Lemon Myrtle has almost finished flowering
And we bought the native bee hive back from next door, we temporarily relocated it while the garden beds were being built.
And finally our rogue Passionfruit vine has sprouted back to life again after being severely cut back, it is such a strong healthy vine. Here's to another season of huge and sweet passionfruit.
What's growing in your garden at the moment?
Have a lovely day,
💚Fi
One Year Ago-Pork, Mustard and Cider Casserole
Two Years Ago-Salmon and Potato Frittata
P.S. Lovely Hubby and Co all arrived home safely at about 1.30 yesterday afternoon, earlier that expected, it was quite a bumpy trip and no fish were caught, quite disappointing for them, but that is why they call it fishing and not catching! I did, indeed, smile quietly to myself when the garage door started to open, signalling their arrival.
P.S. Lovely Hubby and Co all arrived home safely at about 1.30 yesterday afternoon, earlier that expected, it was quite a bumpy trip and no fish were caught, quite disappointing for them, but that is why they call it fishing and not catching! I did, indeed, smile quietly to myself when the garage door started to open, signalling their arrival.
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