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| The Back Garden |
I thought I'll do a quick tour of the back garden as it looks at the end of October.
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| Seedlings in the Raised Bed |
The seeds that daughter and M planted in her raised bed are starting to sprout. Arugala at the top end, kale at the bottom. The branches and trellis on the top are meant to keep the garden cats out. They have a tendency to treat the garden plants as lounging areas or worse!
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| Moo on a Bed of Irises |
The garden is mostly brown and dusty, but, here and there, we have some color:
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| Hibiscus |
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| Rose |
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| Gazania |
Parts of the garden are dry and brown. Other areas are quite overgrown with weeds. M is slowly making his way around the garden, weeding and tidying, but, it's a slow process.
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| Roses and Gazanias Among the Weeds |
There are flowers on the calamondin tree:
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| Calamondin Flowers |
They are a type of citrus and the flowers are very fragrant:
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| More Calamondin Flowers |
The avocado plant, which had looked more dead than alive during the summer, seems to have recovered a little:
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| New Leaves on the Avocado Plant |
The nectarine tree, which was covered in flowers in the spring, disappointed us by producing just one fruit, this summer, but, it's one of the few trees in my garden that has leaves that change color:
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| Nectarine Leaves Turning Color |
I hope you enjoyed the quick tour of the back garden in October.
Looking lovely! I have woken up to a wet and muddy garden, as there was much rain during the night.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angela. I'm sure your garden appreciates the rain. According to our forecast, the next rain will take place mid-November. :)
DeleteYou have such a beautiful garden. I love seeing your pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lyssa. :)
DeleteI always like to see what's growing in your garden.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to smell calamondin blossoms sometime. I know orange blossoms are very sweet.
Thank you, June. The calamondin flowers smell as sweet as the orange blossoms do. They seem to be most fragrant in the evening.
DeleteIt looks like your garden is very happy. Moo may be crushing the irises, but looks very happy too. And irresistibly cute! My mother-in-law had some roses still looking sharp last week, but the temps at night have been dropping here. We'll be lucky to see colors in the leaves before winter settles in.
ReplyDeleteThank you, hanna jane. The garden cats (semi-feral; Moo hisses at me every time he sees me, including when I go to give the kibble) do have the run of the place, much to my gardener's disgust! I hope your mother-in-law's roses bloom for a bit longer. We don't have a proper winter, here, and I am able to garden year round.
DeleteHow lovely to see the new seedlings in the raised bed. It would not be good for Moo to get on there and lounge on them! I've sometimes noticed things like irises flattened and I wonder what creature has wandered around and decided to have a nap!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. The kale seedlings, especially, are coming up very nicely! I think we will have to thin them out when they are a little bigger. I imagine you have a lot more wildlife wandering through and napping in your area. :)
DeleteLovely! There is still plenty of colour in your garden, Bless. Mine is now mostly brown :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules. Yes, there are pockets of color and still a lot of green. Your garden sounds like it is ready to sleep during the winter. :)
DeleteYou flowers are lovely. The red of the rose and hibiscus is gorgeous. Moo looks quite content there! It's been very dry here as well, and I've been watering shrubs before a harder freeze comes. Will disconnect and store the hose by the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. Sounds like you are getting ready to put your garden to bed for the winter. :)
DeleteNice to see there is still plenty happening in the garden, with splashes of colour hanging on. What a pity about the nectarine. I hope the calamondin will make up for it, and that the avocado will rally.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lady Ella. Late fall is a good time for the garden, before it gets colder in winter. We were very disappointed with the nectarine tree, this year. Hopefully, next year will be better. I am hoping the avocado tree will survive the winter; we shall wait and see.
DeleteVery pretty and so many different types of plants in your garden (and the kitty plant..lol). That's great your daughter's seeds have sprouted. andrea
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andrea. The garden really needs a good clearing out and tidy, but, we'll wait a little longer to do so.
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