FrankToday's haul. Late planted seeds of these ones, intriguingly black and orange tomatoes.
GangaSad 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.
Plucked more marties. I have a lot of them at present, might cook up some sauce tomorrow.
JulieAn hour in the garden this arvo to panic fill the green bin which has been 1/4 full for weeks. Thank heavens for electric secateurs. They are the almost best thing ever and save my hands so much. #gardeningau
Almost dried. I am air-drying them as they don't take too long. Bay leaves are tough so it can be hard to know when they are dehydrated. Once they feel leathery, they are done.
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Trying to judge when the first pomegranates will be ready for picking:
"Pomegranates in Australia are generally ready to pick in autumn (March to May), when they turn a deep red, feel heavy, and transition from round to a more angular, flattened shape. They will not ripen further after picking, so let them mature on the tree until the rind is matte rather than shiny. A metallic, hollow sound when tapped indicates they are full of juice."
Jolly possums! (I presume). 
🌳 I found one of the netting bags on the ground under the quince tree, without a bare fruit on the tree or a dropped fruit on the ground. Grrrr. Some are ripe or close to, so I better start the picking.
🍓 I lost all of my strawberries this past year (as mentioned prev) except for 3 plants from runners that managed to survive the drought and neglect until Jan this year when I started to nurture them. One of those has produced a set of flowers and I picked 🍓🍓 2 perfect, ripe strawberries 🍓🍓 this morning for breakfast.
🌧️ It rained well overnight - gentle, almost silent rain - and the ground is soaked. I am very happy about this state of affairs. Unless it was an April Fools' joke.
🌻 Gracing the table today, yellow nasturtium flowers.
The fruit fly people are coming regularly now. Two teams, I am told. And because I have ripening fruit each team comes fortnightly, week about. The gal team was here again today. They check the fruits (and reported no problems).
The guy team sprays baits close to where the fruits are.
If no more FFs are found they finish May 18th.
In other garden news...
I picked an almost dried pod from self sown plants that i thought must be mung beans. But when I opened the pod .....
There are about 6 more pods on the bush. More might come. They are most amazing in the way they grow - the pod shoots upwards, rather than hanging down.
There will be enough to throw into a mixed bean curry of some sort, perhaps. They won't go to waste.
Wooohooo, some of the garlic is up! From the first batch I planted 💃💃💃 The second lot won't be far behind.
Also, I have a minute finger lime that I think is ready to pick. After some years growing in a pot and refusing to set fruit, I have found a tiny dark ruby fruit that I will pick today. How did I miss it all Summer? I watered the pot every day. It must have been well camouflaged behind the leaves and prickles. Progress! I'd given up on it every fruiting. 💃💃💃
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