In my garden this week, there are a couple of things happening that I’m happy about. The first is that we have had the first of our tomatoes that have ripened. I’m happy to say that they are very tasty-far tastier than those found in the supermarket! In my book, that is the best result I could ask for, along with the fact that i can walk outside and pick them straight off the vine in my pj’s!
Another reason to be happy this weekend is the fact that most of the seeds sown last week have now germinated. I have beans, cauliflower, beetroot, cabbage, brussels sprouts and poppies. No sign of spring onions yet, but seeds have specific germination time depending on species so I’m not worried.
All my other crops are also happy still, so there will be a change of getting more veg over the next few weeks to months depending on how long crops take to grow. I won’t be sowing any seeds this weekend, I’ll sow some more next week once I’ve had chance to decide what else to grow.
In other areas of my gardening life, I have a few pictures that I have taken over the week. The first is from a young Grevillea tree, although I’m not sure what species it is. I always find the deeply lobed leaves of these trees really pretty and the flowers are always amazing too!
As the rose below looks really nice, I thought I would include it. It is a rather pretty looking one.
Next are some white and yellow frangipani flowers. These are the colour I see most frequently on my travels at home and they are always a pleasure to look at.
Next we have some oleander flowers. They are always pretty flowers, although the plants are toxic to humans and pets, so don’t go eating them!
Next we have this grass growing randomly on the footpath at home. Apparently, this is fountain grass but I’m not that knowledgeable about grasses like this! I think I need to fit in more reading and research into my already busy schedule to learn more!
I’ve included the picture of this grass because it just shows that plants can grow anywhere if we let them-in this case I think it is laziness on the part of the gardeners maintaining the apartment complex for not removing it for the sake of looking ‘tidy’. I actually like this where it is-it adds a bit of strappy interest to grey/white, very boring concrete! As far as I’m concerned, the less concrete I see, the better it is!
The roses in the picture below are on the same plant. I love the fact that the flowers change colour over time and that all the colours are pretty too. I think this is one of my favourites.
Below are pictures of flower buds and what are commonly called ‘gum nuts’ here in Australia from Corymbia ficifolia. The gum nuts contain the developing seeds of the tree. To me, they are one of the interesting Australian quirks of nature that only Australia can do. Native plants of Australia are completely different to anything from my native England in looks, the way they function and even things like the way they smell, but that makes them even more interesting for me!
