Brazilian Cherries and Pomegranates

This year is the first that we have had fruit on our Brazilian Cherry Tree and we think they are the loveliest looking fruit we have in the garden. They start off green, then change to yellow, and  then get redder and redder until they are ready to eat. They can be a weed in tropical and subtropical areas but are fine in WA. We are eating them fresh from the tree, only about ten so far this year, but at least it has started fruiting after being planted about 4 years ago.

 We have also picked our first pomegranate and have another one on the tree still. We have never actually eaten either of these two fruits before and probably would never have tried them if we had not grown them. It is amazing how trying to become more sustainable has expanded our knowledge and taste buds!

We are also harvesting pears, chokoes, passionfruit, eggplants, Jerusalem artichokes, beans, lettuce, apples, kale, capsicum and lots of herbs at the moment. We are lucky enough to be able to eat something from the garden every day of the year.

Today's Harvest

Today we have harvested a basket of goodies, delicious, healthy and cheap.

Fifteen Kilos of Produce - only 185 kilos to go!

As of yesterday we have harvested 15 kilos of produce from the garden, since we started the weighing at the beginning of February. Cherry tomatoes, Rock Melons, Chilis and Eggplants are the staples. This shot shows the Watermelon vine, which hopefully will also produce lots of heavy produce.

Though we did harvest out very first Strawberry Guava yesterday, it was delicious, so we hope for many more as the tree grows. Other news, the neighbours have removed all the ivy from the fence as it was pushing the fence over and we are in the process of putting up some bamboo sheets to cover the ghastly fence.

 

  

Also we have beautiful flowers on the Garlic Chives plant.

  

And we are also trying to cool down the very hot spot which is the front of the house as it faces directly west, so we have planted a Virginia Creeper.

Update on Garden-May 2009

Here are the latest pictures, showing Andy assembling our first no dig garden out the front. It will take us a while to fill it with leaves, straw and newspaper, so we decided we should at least get started. The photos beside the pool show the area of pavers that i pulled up a couple of months ago. There was always grass growing there so we thought we may as well have something we could eat there. So separated out lots of chives and also have some surprise plants growing as a result of using worm castings. Finally, two shots of the no dig garden in the back garden, not the latest shot, but you get the idea of how amazing teh growth has been. In this garden we have tomatoes, eggplants, parsley, coriander, leeks, lettuce and potatoes regrowing