Utter and Total Neglect

 My first ever Lilac flowers - smell divine!

Spring - October 2012
I really do have the best and most clever garden.
I totally abandoned it 7 months ago and left it to its own devices.
7 months!
Not a drop of water other than from the sky, no seasol, no weeding, no pruning.
And do you know what - not one single plant died!
I know - 'mazing!

In fact, parts of it are positively flourishing.
So very, very clever.

Lisbon Lemons

Red Nasturtiums in the Dwarf Abelia Hedge 

Unknown Rose

Home, Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Photos: iphone 24 Oct, 2012

Spring 2010::Lemons

This is my Lisbon lemon.
I'm very proud of the crop it has given me this winter.
It must have about 30 lemons on it.
I planted it around 2 years ago.
I selected a Lisbon rather than a Eureka or a Meyer,
as it prefers a cooler climate.

They have such a lemony shape.
And they have a lemony flavour.
Not at all like Meyer lemons which are kind of sweet and round.

I've made some salty preserved lemons and some lemon cordial.




My mandarin in the background is just 1 year old
but still produced 6 mandarins.
And that big white monstrosity in the background
was the original mailbox when we moved in - it's hideous,
but I can't part with it.



Photo: Home, Ararat - September & October, 2010