I have decided we should do another parallel blog…gardens. My first pictures are from late spring when everything is just starting to grow. A few plants like Wisteria go hard early in the season.
Early abundance
and strawberries start to form tiny fruit
the first strawberry flowers
thrifty gardeners plant seed and try to get potatoes in as early as they dare
seedlings take forever
Daring the late frosts
new planting works around the winter spinach
winter veges are still welcome
The lemon tree braved the hardest winter frosts
lemons are the greatest fruit trees
Other fruit burst back to life
Raspberries just starting to flower
brave little seedlings from direct sown seed
parsnips
beetroot
The first summer flowers
early roses
and the last of the spring flowers
camellia
and spring blossom magically transforming itself into summer fruit
Tiny cherries. Not as pretty as blossom but full of potential
Habitat for man and beast
Campbell sees all
especially chickens
chickens in the herb garden
November 14, 2010 at 3:29 am |
Interesting choice of parsnips and beetroot! Do you guys eat much of those?
Campbell is resplendent in his heft. He is so mafioso. And the chickens? Still so cute.
November 14, 2010 at 4:05 am |
We eat lots of parsnips. They are delicious cooked in cream and grated nutmeg, and then mashed. Haven’t eaten beetroot in ages. Not planning on preserving it in vinegar, just going to eat it as roasted baby beets
November 14, 2010 at 5:34 am |
Hmmm. I will give that way of cooking parsnips a try. They are pretty tasty as a roasted vegetable.
November 14, 2010 at 6:53 am |
Nutmeg is my catnip