Despite being rudely - and none-too-carefully - transplanted a few weeks ago plus an apparent lack of bees whilst flowering, two out of three dwarf peaches have a few fuzzy baby peaches on them.
The Heritage raspberries are shooting away.
There are plenty of tiny apples forming, so many that I will have to thin them dramatically or risk snapped branches on the small, three year-old trees.
The first red papayas are beginning to blush yellow with the return of the hot weather.
There are enough of these to make jam when they ripen and we've tasted the first strawberry of the season - but it was popped into a mouth too quickly for me snap a photo of it ;-)
We beat the birds to the first of the mulberries on the lowest branches.
And the asparagus is officially "in". Mmmmmm.
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All I can say is ....Yum!!
Looking great... wish we had all those goodies already growing in our garden!
Here in christchurch NZ our mulberries aren't ready to pick until late Jan/Feb. They make great jam! My first asparagus was frosted last week so I'm watching a few new spears veeery carefully. I envy you the other tropical fruit you grow.
Hi Tammy,
Well, the mulberries and asparagus are good but I can only hope the others are too!
Hi Dixie,
My trees are all pretty tiny still but they are getting there!
Hi Anon,
Mmm, jam :-) I love them stewed in pies if I ever get enough LOL.
Cheers, Julie
That's fantastic- you have a real food forest there now!
I'm just hoping I can get some actual strawberries this year instead of just the leaves ...!
Wonderful :)
SO weird seeing all your plants starting out just as ours are dying back here in the northern hemisphere. Wish I could fast forward or rewind six months!
Great photos!
We've still got plenty of bees here in Dunedin. Are you bee-less? I thought it was just affecting Europe and the US.
*worried*
The lack of bees is scary, these days it's a rarity to see one in the yard. I get all excited, telling my kids to look - Their reply is "umm it's only a bee, get a grip".
Hi Mountainwildlife,
Last year we also had next to no strawberries - I put it down to the weather? This year they are loaded thank goodness!
Hi Daharja,
No, not bee-less luckily - it was just WAY to cold for them to be out and about when the peaches started flowering - it was highly unusual for them to flower so early in the season. There are heaps in the garden now, the lemon tree is alive with buzzing :-)
Hi BG,
LOL, your kids sound like mine!
Cheers,
Julie
Wow your garden is looking fantastic.Some great fruit salad on the way.
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