Showing posts with label oranges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oranges. Show all posts

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Peacharine Protection and Peach, Orange and Apricot Trees Planted

Planted a  Dwarf Apricot Tree amongst the Basil          



Extended the back wall garden with Aloe Veras


Planted a Dwarf Peach Tree amongst the Orgeano

Built a frame over the  Peacharine Tree

Placed a net over the frame and Peacharine Tree


Planted an Orange Valencia Tree
A very busy week with the planting of three fruit trees and the netting of the peacharine tree. As well we had to replace our solar hot water system which is ten years old and we discovered was leaking water and not able to be fixed. We also collected a trailer of free mulch from the council tip and placed it on the gardens.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Update 6th June 2010

Here is our entire apple crop this year, we chopped it up between three of us and enjoyed it, but have now planted the Apple trees in the garden in the hopes of getting more fruit.
We have put them in the large no dig garden in the back yard as it is actually too deep and a nuisance to reach for vegetables and herbs. So it will be better to have something that does not need picking all of the time and that we can espalier across the fence.
The Orange Tree in a pot still has three oranges on and as you can see they are ripening nicely, we are looking forward to tasting them soon.

As you can see the volunteer Tomato plants are still doing really well, though a tad difficult to pick. The Lemon Grass has grown a great deal, as has the Wormwood bush.



Also out the back and along the newly extended pool garden the transplanted Chives are doing well, as is the Marshmallow plant. The Stevia bush is really struggling so I have chopped it right back, but the Snow Pea seeds  have sprouted and I have now attached some wire to the fence posts which will hopefully make their task of climbing easier.

We have now extended the new front herb garden so the edge of the column and planted carrots in there.The Perennial Basil is now doing really well, though the Lemon Basil is struggling.

One of the Lillypilly bushes has now been planted and we are hoping to be able to hedge it as it grows, as it is so small it will be a while before we need to do that.