Raspberries - First Crop

We have our first crop of Raspberries appearing, cannot wait to try them. At this stage they are in a pot and tied up to an old pool fence. I was not sire how this would work, but judging from the crop, it is working very well. The Mulberry tree has just finished fruiting, and I picked the first Blackberry today, so it looks like we well have access to berries for a while, lucky us!

Delicious - Edible Garden

 Too busy to do anything in the garden this weekend other than admire the beauty of this Grapevine and the Passion- fruit flower.

 

And the first ripe Blackberry, with hundreds more to follow, delicious.

Artichokes - Peacharines

The Globe Artichoke is looking fantastic at the moment, a neighbour has promised to teach us how to cook them, she suggested that we let them grow to big last time. I will check this week whether it is time to start harvesting them.

This shows the growth of the hedge and the no-dig garden, the warmer weather has led to a growth spurt, particularly the Almond tree and vegetable. The Spinach is till going to seed and we have now staked the Tomato plants.we have harvested lots of Kale, Spinach, Lettuce, Bok Choy and herbs this week and will continue to do so as they will not appreciate the warmer weather which is heading our way.

Below is a close up of the best flowering Pineapple Guava which form the hedge, hopefully we will actually get enough fruit to share this year.

We are also letting the Coriander flower and seed and hope to collect those seeds too. The Perennial Basil behind it continues to flower and attract lots of bees.

The Blackberry bush which is planted in one of the No-Dig fridge gardens is covered in flowers and newly formed Blackberries.

Next to it is the Peacharine Tree with the first two small fruits, we have mulched this with sugar cane mulch too and it seems much happier.

New Fridge No Dig Garden November 2009

Once filled up Andy planted a Capsicum, Red Mizuna, Tomato, Lettuce, Basil, Orange Thyme, Rocket and a sprouting Ginger. On either side you can see the Globe Artichoke and the Blackberry Bush. For lunch we had salad stuff that was almost entirely from the garden.