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Oct 26, 2007 | 3:49 PM PST
Tags: cherry , almond , fruit trees
This is my first year owning these almond and cherry trees. I'm well aware that I have to treat them with a lot of patience and consider them an investment for the future. I look forward to them bearing fruit for me one day, but I know that it won't happen immediately. The spring flowering has come and gone and I think that my harvest is already decided.. Below is the first and only almond that I can see on the almond tree:
And it looks like there is only one cherry as well. It's not a great harvest but as it is their first time, I can deal with it! ! Their cute attempt at making fruit makes me think of these trees as my babies! ^_^
Oct 22, 2007 | 1:38 AM PST
Tags: foxglove , apple , nashi , cherry , almond , onions , seed tape , garlic
It's an inspiring but also frustrating time in the garden. I'm trying to wait until the last danger of frost has passed before planting out my eggplants, chillies and tomatoes. The vegetable beds are bare and the greenhouse is full. The last frost frost should be in 2 weeks.. 2 weeks is such a long time! ! After this, I will move my dwarfed trees out of the greenhouse (apple, nashi, almond and cherry!)
My foxgloves are starting to bloom as you can see..
This morning I planted out some shallots bulbs as well as some spring onion tape. It was my first time using the seed tape and it was difficult to manage in garden gloves. I couldn't decided whether it was convenient or not. My white, brown and red onions are swelling, which is exciting. I transplanted some garlic and it was also forming medium sized bulbs. It's my first time growing garlic, and my second time with onions. I've learnt so much..
Also on my to-do list this morning was to plant seed potatoes, but the site I had chosen wasn't big enough. I had to go to work so that will have to wait until another day.
Oct 4, 2007 | 4:38 AM PST
Tags: grevillia , cherry , Pomegranates , nashi , almond
Behold the latest flower - a yellow grevillia!
It's been busy and I
can't seem to get on top of things in the garden. But that is just part of lovely spring..
Lately, I fixed the vegetable cages and added new doors. I weeded them and planted some companion flower seeds for later.
I began clearing leaves that had come in with the recent heavy winds and I fertilized some fruit trees - almond, cherry, apple, nashi, citrus and pomegranate.
I read up and worried a lot about codling moth! It sounds very difficult to deal with without chemicals. I did notice lots of the friendly hoverflies who made me feel optimistic about the health of my vegetables.
