Its a good time to be gardening. The spring rains are bringing forth a huge amount of sudden growth in the garden. I was amazed how much had changed in the week I was away. I went around with the camera this morning to record the progress.
This little apple tree has been on this property longer than I have, but its had a pretty tough life so far. I didn't even know it existed until about this time last year when I was clearing some scrub and vines from the corner of the property. There under a mass of other plant life it sat clinging to life getting no sunlight at all. So I clear around it, mulched it, pruned it, and last summer it produced one solitary apple. It was a Sturmer apple which is a variety that is getting difficult to come by these days. Its not quite as sweet as some but it keeps very well. I mulched it some more, pruned it again, and it looks like this season its going to really produce, judging by its display of blossom.
I'm anticipating a good crop of blackcurrant's this years from the five bushes I have...
The five raspberry canes, which were unlikely looking twigs when I transplanted them just a couple of months ago, are suddenly exploding into life...
The chives, as reliable as ever, are preparing their yearly display of colour...
Speaking of colour, the lavender, which I moved to a sunnier spot just two weeks ago seems to like its new outlook...
Finally the hardiest of the beans, the broad beans, are also covered in their peculiar looking flowers. About time to get another crop of these started so I'll have a continuous supply...
I replanted some pumpkins, and gourds yesterday, after losing the first lot to frost. Lets hope the warm weather is here to stay this time.
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