Tag Archives: Fruit

Monstera Fruit

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Laura Rittenhouse

I have a couple of large Monstera plants in my back yard. Besides producing gorgeous, huge foliage in dark places in my garden, they also bear some of the tastiest fruit I’ve ever eaten. I suspect that’s why it’s sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged eating, Fruit, harvest, monstera, shade | 13 Comments

Passionate Whinge

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

About 2 weeks ago my husband was bemoaning the lack of passion fruit on our vine. We had a good showing of flowers, but very little fruit. After serious hunting we found 3. I must admit I was a little … Continue reading →

Posted in bees, Garden, Nature | Tagged bees, flower, Fruit, passion fruit | 11 Comments

Can I Hope for a Mango?

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

We’ve had a mango tree for years. Unfortunately, shortly after planting it (2006?) we moved away and rented out our house. The tenants paid for a gardener who used a weed whacker that killed a couple of trees and stunted … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged avocado, Fruit, mango, trees | 7 Comments

Fruit Flowers

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve got a few plants that produce fruit. Some of them are in bloom, some have already spent their flowers and some are stubbornly refusing to even enter the race. I never cease to be amazed at how there is … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged avocado, blueberry, cherry, citrus, Flowers, Fruit, lemon, mandarin, native raspberry, olive, orange, passion fruit, strawberry, trees | 2 Comments

Survivors

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged cherry, Fruit, olive, trees | 3 Comments

Holding Bed

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Fruit, lettuce, natives, pineapple guava, planted, trees | 4 Comments

Seasonal Food Trees

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged avocado, banana, blueberry, cherry, fig, Fruit, kumquat, lemon, macadamia nut, macqui berry, mandarin, mango, mulberry, olive, orange, trees | 5 Comments

Midnight Marauders

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged Fruit, mandarin, native animals, Pests, trees | 3 Comments

Gloomy Winter’s Day

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Flowers, Fruit, Garden | 2 Comments

Fig Tree

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 →

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