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| Front Garden in October |
Nothing much is happening in the front garden this month. It's recovering from the summer heat.
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| The Stumpery |
I tucked in a couple of the scaredy cat plant cuttings among the stumps; hopefully, they will grow and spill over the stumps. The rest of the succulents border is doing well.
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| The Succulents Border |
The other plants are doing as well as can be expected and the pomegranates are ripening:
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| Pomegranate |
The back garden is doing a little bit better than the front:
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| The Back Garden in October |
The back garden gets watered more than the front, since I have the fruit bearing plants in the back.
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| Blueberry Bushes and Papaya Plant |
The papaya plant growing in one of the blueberry pots is making its presence known, but, I doubt if it will survive the winter.
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| The "Stonery" |
The "stonery" has evolved into another planting bed! LOL. M has been having fun planting various plant cuttings, bulbs, and seeds. It'll be interesting to see what might grow there, come spring.
In the meantime, the oranges are still a long way from turning color:
The peach tree is starting to shut down:
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| The Orange Tree |
The peach tree is starting to shut down:
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| Peach Tree |
As is the nectarine tree:
But, the avocado tree is reviving:
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| The Nectarine Tree |
But, the avocado tree is reviving:
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| The Avocado Tree |
The curry leaf trees are fruiting:
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| Curry Leaf Tree |
The fruits turn almost black when they are ripe and are edible (they have a taste that reminds me of licorice), but, they are generally not used, unlike the leaves which are used in our cooking.
And one or two autumn flowers are starting to bloom:
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| The First Chrysanthemums |
The chrysanthemums flowered in the late spring and we cut them all the way back at the end of summer. They are starting to come back up, pushing past the four-o'clock plants.
And the always welcome roses:
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| Rose |
Thank you for visiting the garden with me. Hope you enjoyed the tour.
I am grateful for:
- Having a garden
- Being able to grow some fruits and vegetables
- Being able to garden year-round
- Water for the garden
- M's help with the garden
The pomegranate is a gorgeous red. Your garden looks wonderful, Bless. You care for it well, and it repays you with delicious fruit and beautiful flowers. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules. I'm planning to pick that pomegranate at the end of the week. :)
DeleteYour gardens are filled with plant life! It's interesting how some fruit trees shut down when others start gearing up. What is the little fruit tree/bush in the center of the second backyard photo? It looks like it has 2 or 3 fruit. The flowers are lovely. Is that one of the chrysanthemum M rescued? I love how the stonery has evolved!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. Yes, the stone fruit trees are shutting down and the citrus trees are gearing up.
DeleteThat little tree in the middle of the backyard picture is a lemon tree "sucker" that popped up about 3 years ago. M wanted to cut it down and I told him to let it grow. It's about 2 feet tall and has about 5 or 6 small lemons on it!
Yes, that's one of the chrysanthemums that M rescued! A couple of them died over summer, but, I still have about 5 plants remaining.
The stonery grows by the week! LOL.
What a lovely mix of flowers and fruits! My courtyard is looking very sorry for itself now.
ReplyDeleteThank you, FD. I suppose it's time to get your courtyard ready for winter?
DeleteLove FD xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, FD.
DeleteI have a bed like your stonery where I plant this and that from various places. I even have stone border. However, that bed is also a favorite place for the deer and rabbits, so not everything survives.
ReplyDeleteI think I remember seeing pictures of that stone bordered bed in one of your posts, June. I'm sorry the deer and rabbits attack that bed; you might have to search for deer/rabbit resistant plants to plant there. But, then, they might seek other, tastier, plants elsewhere in your garden!
DeleteThe stumpery is really looking good, and the other succulents, too. I wonder what a fresh pomegranate tastes like and if it is any sweeter than the store bought ones?
ReplyDeleteI like M's "stonery". It is coming along nicely.
Thank you, Bushlady. I am afraid the pomegranates from my tree tend to be rather tangy! Maybe if I fertilized it properly, it might produce sweeter fruit! M has promised me more stones for the stonery! He has a secret source! LOL.
DeleteIt looks very neat and tidy, with the promise of further crops. Mine is waterlogged, with lots of moss in the grass and an abundance of toadstools!! I like your stonery.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lady Ella. That stonery is evolving! M now has a "bulbery" in the making on the other side of the steps - he's been planting various bulbs there for spring flowers!
DeleteI'm sorry your garden is waterlogged! Maybe you can have a little moss garden! October has been another dry month for us with no rain.
Things are looking really good in the back garden. So much variety.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea the curry tree fruited.
The area around the stonery looks really nice. Is that big plant the same one you are tucking in around the stumpery in the front?
( I love your stumpery)
The view in back of the peach tree?? What building am I seeing?
Thank you, Debra.
DeleteYes, the big plant in the stonery is the scaredy-cat plant - it went crazy and we had to cut it all the way back! I've been sticking some of the cuttings in various places in the garden, both front and back. I might live to regret it! LOL.
The buildings behind the peach tree are the garage and the shed. :)