LittleErnie's Blog

Back Again
Oct 17, 2007 | 1:54 AM PST
Tag: Back Again
From the cool north to Mallorca (Majorca) was quite a transformation from golden leaves to vivid Hibicus and Bouganvilla. The date palms were dropping their fruit - one of my favourites - and Lemon Groves made a splash of yellow. the nights were warm and the cicadas were still chirping their mating call - like a teenage disco on saturday night. We visited Europe's largest cactus garden - so they claimed - and saw also pomegranites, bottle brushes, flowering thorn trees and a host of other flowering shrubs from Africa. There were also cyclads from New Zealand and Wattle from Australia. All around the warmer spots of Europe including the UK you can find Eucalyiptus trees growing, few people who buy the attractive small plants from a garden centre realise that they can grow to 80 feet and above. Should plants carry a growth warning? Back home the cats were ecstatic with joy on our return. Being put in a catterie must be like servin a sentence. Much tidying up needs to be done, plants moved to the green house, hedges trimmed, grass cut and backs massaged after the event. The garden group met again on tuesday and various topics discussed including the spontanious heating of compost and its' use in growing Pineaples, the crossing of redcurrants with gooseberries and the number of crosses between North American and European species. The rain has stopped and the garden calls