Flowers Everywhere!

Scarecrow's Log: 20:09:2009:

It's time for the cherry tree to bloom!

The Broad Beans (Peruvian Emerald) in Bed 1 are setting many pods. I nipped off the top growth of each plant recently and now the plants can put all of their energy into making beans and not just flowers!

The Blue Bantam Dwarf Peas in the Tank Bed C
now have a plastic trellis to climb on
and are starting to flower.

Surprise, surprise tiny Ida Gold Tomato seedlings
are popping up in the Tank bed!

The Pond Edge flowering bed
is covered with bright daisy flowers...
...the bees and beneficial insects are everywhere.

Rock Rose, Californian Poppy,
Iris and Pink Evening Primrose,
are all in flower now.

More seeds of Carrot Chantenay Red-Cored
and Parsnips Hollow Crown
have gone into Bed 3
Seedlings from the earlier planting
are up and growing. See insets.

• Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium
• Yellow Daisy Euryops pectinatus
• Pink Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis 'Pink'
• Felicia amelloides Variegated
• Pink Violets Viola odorata rosea
• Dusty Miller Centaurea gymnocarpa
• Ready for the markets

• Midyim Berry Austromyrtus dulcis
• Muntries Kunzea pomifera
• Native Hibiscus Hibiscus heterophyllus
• In the Bushfood Bed

• Took some cuttings from some Gazanias we dug up from a friends driveway.
• Wormwood Artemisia arborescens to give to the same friends for their chicken run.
• Moroccan Mint Mentha spicata 'Moroccan Mint'
• Egyptian Mint Mentha niliaca

First fruits are setting on the Apricots and Plums.
They are hanging on despite the winds storms
we are experiencing this year.

The Pear trees are in full bloom
and the Apples are just beginning to flower.

The Grapevines are in leaf
and showing signs of flowering.

• Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.
• Carrots Atomic Red***124g
• Broad Beans Peruvian Emerald***150g
• Broccoli***200g
• Jerusalem Artichokes***1200g (sold at the markets)
• Water Chestnuts***250g