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Tag Archives: Fruit
Survivors
When we were living in Darwin and travelling the globe, the tenants were very hard on some of our plants. Or, should I say, the gardeners they hired and their weed-whackers were very hard on some of our plants. A … Continue reading
Holding Bed
For a variety of reasons we’ve ended up with a veritable plethora of plants in pots – mainly tiny pots – awaiting their day to be planted in their permanent home. Today was not that day. But they just shouldn’t … Continue reading
Seasonal Food Trees
I used to have a very fixed idea of seasons and food production which matched the classical 4-seasons art works you might find in art galleries around the world. Spring was for new growth: flowers, fresh green leaves and maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, banana, blueberry, cherry, fig, Fruit, kumquat, lemon, macadamia nut, macqui berry, mandarin, mango, mulberry, olive, orange, trees
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Midnight Marauders
For a couple of weeks now, something (besides Frank and me) has been enjoying our mandarins. We wondered if maybe it was a bird because cockatoos have been seen in the tree – I even saw one carrying away a mandarin … Continue reading
Gloomy Winter’s Day
This is what my back garden looks like in the dead of winter. The grass is brown, the oak and frangipani trees are leafless (as is the cherry and Japanese maple), the mulberry is full of buds (including for berries), … Continue reading
Fig Tree
Frank and I bought this Black Genoa Fig Tree over a month ago. We wanted to replace the tree our tenants killed by excessive use of their weed whacker. We finally planted it yesterday. The delay was caused largely by … Continue reading
Mandarins
The mandarins are just starting to ripen. We’ve been eating the early birds from our tree for a week or so now. This year it looks like we’ll get a huge crop. In early summer Frank installed an upside down … Continue reading
Orange Tree
Today’s addition to the garden is this little Valencia Orange Tree. We put it in a nice sunny spot with plenty of space between it and the mango (out of shot on the right) and the olive (out of shot … Continue reading
Rejuvenation
Out with the old and in with the new. Sometimes you just have to accept that plants need replacing and your garden can benefit from the occasional rejuvenation. Frank and I have several plants in our sites and today we … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, citrus, damage, Fruit, orange, planted, trees
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New Fruit Trees
Eureka Lemon Tree Today Frank and I hit the garden together. The rains abated (but it’s still cloudy) and so we put our Eureka Lemon Tree and Maqui Berry Tree in the ground. Much to-ing and fro-ing about placement, but … Continue reading
