13-MAR-2016
Tomato time again...
Dick picked a couple of bucket loads of tomatoes this morning... medium sized and the
tiny salad tomato. We'll be giving heaps away, I don't think he's making sauce this
year, we're still eating last year's cook up! Here's a sample of the morning's pick.
29-DEC-2006
Avocado on an avocado tree
Our #2 daughter has 2 growing in her tiny backyard, and she keeps us supplied with
2 varieties of avocado. Here's one still on the tree.
10-NOV-2006
Broadbeans in the garden
Near the end of the crop according to "the boss" but as you can see, there's still plenty there.
10-NOV-2006
A broad bean
A busy time for these, continually harvesting the crop.
10-JUN-2006
The Meyer Lemon in full production
In June. Time for me to partly strip the tree and give some away to passers by. This is just a tiny section of the bush, which spreads to about 2 metres wide by 1.5 metres tall.
10-FEB-2006
Home grown tomatoes
Dick has a very long row of climbing tomatoes on a tall trellis,
11 plants in the row are Mighty Red
2 plants in the row are Roma
& there are a couple of plants which sprawl & don't use the trellis.
June 01 - 2004
Chilli
unfortunately not as hot as we would have liked
them to be & there's several bushes of them
Jan 28 - 2004
Aubergines etc...
From the morning harvest.
July 12 - 2003
Meyer Lemon
lemons all year
July is mid-winter in Australia
June 01 - 2004
Chilli
unfortunately not as hot as we would have liked
them to be & there's several bushes of them
Jan 7 - 2004
Dick's vegetable patch
The patch of asparagus and other wares
at the bottom of the vegetable patch
Season for picking asparagus has finished
Jan 7 - 2004
Aubergine flowers
Quite a pretty flower - you need to search for them because they are partly hidden by the huge leaves.
May 31 - 2004
Sweet Bay
Laurus nobilis
(tree)
We grow this tree by our front door, we only need to poke our nose out of the door to pick a sprig when we're in the kitchen having a cook up.
27-FEB-2006
Romas
Dick picked this lot this afternoon
He's busy making 'bread and butter pickles'
now - he made some yesterday too.
25-FEB-2006
Avocado on a tree
Half-grown avocado on our daughter's tree
27-JAN-2006
zucchini flower
Growing in Dick's summer vegetable garden
November 13, 2003
Sage
Such a pretty flower - brightens up the vegetable garden.
Jan 7 - 2004
Tomato row
One of the rows of tomato bushes
being trained up a trellis.
Another month to begin harvesting.
21-FEB-2005
Zucchini row with new camera
June 15 - 2003
Asparagus berries - winter
Before the tops are cut off to die down.
10-FEB-2006
Home grown tomatoes
11 in the row are Mighty Red
2 in the row are Roma
27-FEB-2006
3 boxes of goodies
Dick picked this lot this afternoon
He's busy making 'bread and butter pickles'
now - he made some yesterday too.
Jan 7 - 2004
Zucchini -Courgette
We harvest them small, but miss
the occasional zucchini which then
grows into submarine dimensions.
27-FEB-2006
Mighty Reds
Dick picked this lot this afternoon
He's busy making 'bread and butter pickles'
now - he made some yesterday too.
Tomatoes - morning harvest
10-FEB-2006
Home grown tomatoes
11 in the row are Mighty Red
2 in the row are Roma
27-JAN-2006
tomatoes & grass seed
Growing in Dick's summer vegetable garden
Jan 7 - 2004
Aubergine patch
We are harvesting right now (January)
27-FEB-2006
Aubergines courgettes and cucumbers
Dick picked this lot this afternoon
He's busy making 'bread and butter pickles'
now - he made some yesterday too.
June 01 - 2004
Chilli
unfortunately not as hot as we would have liked
them to be & there's several bushes of them
27-FEB-2006
Mighty Reds
Dick picked this lot this afternoon
He's busy making 'bread and butter pickles'
now - he made some yesterday too. Chutney is
on the agenda for these tomatoes...
27-JAN-2006
parsley gone to seed
Growing in Dick's summer vegetable garden
27-JAN-2006
parsley flower
In Dick's summer vegetable patch
June 02 - 2004
Lemon tree
Meyer lemon - fruits all year
27-JAN-2006
aubergine flower
Growing in Dick's summer vegetable garden
04-FEB-2006
From the vegetable garden
Dick arranged this plateful of
goodies from his vegetable garden
Laine - he does grow basil, and there were aubergine on
this dish but they didn't show up in this shot.