It's Cherry Blossom Time!
Garden Log 28 Sep 08:
The Stella Cherry is flowering!Temperatures this week:
Lowest Min -1.4C
Lowest Max 15.6C
Highest Max 32.8C
No Rainfall Recorded
Lowest Min -1.4C
Lowest Max 15.6C
Highest Max 32.8C
No Rainfall Recorded
With temperatures rising
many of the plants in the garden are beginning to go to seed.
many of the plants in the garden are beginning to go to seed.
Many of the greens in this tub are sending up flowering stems.
The Corn Salad (Valerianella locusta) plants are flowering.
The Strawberries in their tank bed...
The Grapes on the back pergola...
and my favourite little Johnny Jump Upsor Heartsease (Viola tricolor)
Last week I finally managed to plant outthis Lillypilly (Syzygium sp) tree.
It has been living in the shadehouse for many years.
I hope it will be happy out in the garden.
These Five Colour Silverbeets in their pots are growing well.
And volunteer Sunflowers are popping uparound the new wicking beds already!
Speaking of Sunflowers,Doc wanted to have a go at planting some seeds this year!
I gave him a box and some Giant Sunflower seeds.
Look they have just about all germinated!
Clever Doc!
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5 comments:
What are you going to do with so many sunflowers? Growing a hedge? Making your own bio-fuel?
Ha! Matron
They will be planted wherever I can find room for them, using them as windbreaks and shade.
And if they manage to survive the onslaught of the local parrot population they will be used for chicken food. Just throw in one of these large heads of seeds and the chooks go crazy.
I don't think even this many would produce enough bio-fuel to get us to the next town!
Hi scarecrow, I love the cherry blossom it is really a sign of spring! You have so much going on, with seeds popping up and plants to put out. Things are slowing down here as we go into winter but still have some vegetables growing.
Best wishes
Peggy
Mmm...I would LOVE to grow cherries. I think if they grow where you are they would most likely grow here? (Eyre Pensinsula, SA).
Hi Lightening
That would depend on how cold your area gets in winter...Cherries have a Chill requirement(hours below 7.2°C) Stella the one I grow here needs 600-650 hours. Check to see if anyone else is growing them near you.
I love cherries too but so do the birds!
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