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16 May 2008recovery Lemon Balm and Front Verandah gardenOvercast 12°C / 54°F
It could have been dying down, but I have noticed new small leaves forming near the base of the stems.
I cut it back hard a couple of weeks ago, to see if it would recover. Although it still does not look very attractive, at least I still have the plant.
I’ll wait until there are a few more...
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16 May 2008)&(*^%$# caterpillars Spinach and Inside Triangular Bed gardenOvercast 12°C / 54°F
The rain has allowed these plants to recover from the hit they received from a recent infestation from caterpillars. They look healthy, but the leaves are full of holes.
Perhaps I’ve just got to accept that I have holey spinach.
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16 May 2008tied up Tomato Flowering and Inside Triangular Bed gardenOvercast 14°C / 57°F
These are requiring tying up every week. Also, there are flowers for each length that they grow.
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16 May 2008I can see them! Everlasting Sprouting and Trial and Error gardenCloudy
The Everlastings are sprouting! These plants are from seeds that I collected in the previous season. Yay.
Will definitely get the snail pellets down. I can already see that they are starting to get mowed down.
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08 May 2008watching me watching you Tiny Orchard gardenSunny 19°C / 66°F
While counting the oranges on the tree I noticed the dragonfly.
I watched the dragonfly for a while, then decided to see if I could take a photograph.
It was still there when I came back out of the house with my camera. I particularly like the shadow of the wing infrastructure shadowed on the lea...
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08 May 2008picked Orange Harvesting and Tiny Orchard gardenOvercast 22°C / 72°F
All of the remaining oranges have been picked – all seven of them :)
Not many, but it is a teeny tree and I have only just learnt how to look after it.
I will savour these, and taste will be but a memory until anticipation of next year’s crop.
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07 May 2008lemon looking limes Lime Harvesting and Tiny Orchard gardenSunny 14°C / 57°F
We are still picking the limes, but they are getting to look like lemons – larger and lemon coloured.
The taste is not as bitter as it was but I think this is due to the extra watering.
Until last weekend we did not have lemons (traded some sweet chilli sauce for some), so have been using l...
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07 May 2008oranges not grapefruit 1 Orange Harvesting and Tiny Orchard gardenSunny 14°C / 57°F
It is an orange tree not a grapefruit! I have tasted the fruit and it is definitely an orange tree with the best oranges I have tasted in ages.
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07 May 2008proof Asparagus Dying Down and Trial and Error gardenI keep forgetting about the Asparagus. I’m not sure how many crowns there are, but five spikes came up. Perhaps I should dig them up and see if I can divide them.Sunny 14°C / 57°F
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07 May 2008thriving Chamomile 'Lawn' and Trial and Error gardenNot sure how this spreads, but it still looks green and healthy. This is not going to be a chamomile lawn anytime soon at this rate though.Sunny 14°C / 57°F
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