Behold! The fruit of the pomegranate 😄

200g of pomegranate arils. Medium pomegranates sell for around $6 atm, and this one was LARGE. (Pic in thread.) Even more 💰 for "seeded" pomegranates.

The taste of this one? Sweet, with a tang. It would have probably benefited from more time on the tree, but it is my first ever pomegranate so am still learning how to judge the ripeness.

Still, it is very nice and I am making a week's worth of chia puddings to go with the pomegranate.

There are lots of things to make with pomegranates, and I'll be making some throughout the pomegranate season. Particularly Middle Eastern dishes.

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#FromTheGarden this morning. The next instalment of news on the Lemon Verbena

🌿 I've been using the stump of the LV to wiggle the soil and roots loose from the pot a little each day. It was hanging on, but with the pot on its side most of the water had drained out.

Today I got the root ball and soil out. The root that had grown through the hole in the bottom of the pot had grown until it sealed the pot. No drainage any more. Wet feet. Curled up and died.

The cause is solved. I may try to regrow a plant from part of the stump but I think it is a lost cause. I struck some cuttings tho, so 🤞 I'd like to continue this plant somehow, even tho I have a second LV bush in the garden.

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The gentlest of drizzles. Weeding in the veggie garden. Picking a strawberry and some spring onions. The strawberry flavour is intense and it is pure luxury.

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Sad news #FromTheGarden

The lemon verbena in flower that I posted a few days ago dried up almost overnight. It was a shock - so tall this year, over 2m. Beautiful, graceful.

I watered it well when I saw it dried up (it has been in a pot for years and years and years). But today I had to give up and prune it down to the bottom. As I had begun to expect, it is root bound and not draining. It had been so lush I could not see the pot until I pruned it.

I'll pull it out of the pot tomorrow, if I can, and see if it can be rescued. But despite being sad as I have had this plant for a long time, it is not a huge loss as I have another plant (in the ground) and I can take some cuttings from it.

Still, this one was such a beauty.

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Also picked today - strawberries (so goddam sweet, shop bought ones just do not compare) and the first quince (juuuust ripe with a lovely aroma - I'll leave the others to ripen up more).

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