Spring is here!

Spring is here

Its an exciting time in the garden and the paddock.

I think the quince blossom is the prettiest blossom of spring.

Old trees can look a bit tortured due to the heavy fruit forcing the branches to droop.

Mine is a young tree but it has had its fair share of tortuous droop and heavy fruit.

Note the large branches from a red gum tree that were used to prop up the drooping branches.

All fruit blossom is beautiful but I particularly like Nectarine blossom also.

Blossom keeps the bees busy

The promise of yummy fruit is almost guaranteed given water restrictions have been lifted.

I lost all of last years cherries in a heat wave.

I won't ever let that happen again.

The Lilliums are coming.

Thankfully between Skittles and myself the rabbits have not destroyed my Lillium patch.

I am looking forward to picking flowers for the market.

I have also been busy clearing and weeding.....an endless task in a garden.

I put this photo in to show you the slope I had to rectify to flood proof this garden.

I am planning to plant cucumbers against this retaining wall fence.

Oh and a trip or two to a nursery to spend some of my market money on flowering shrubs for market flowers. What a good excuse!

Not a very good photo however it does show you the dwarf diosma in the background.

I just love the blue dampier?

Very hardy apparently. It will have to be in my yard.