{"id":3691,"date":"2021-09-28T10:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:40:26","slug":"home-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3691","title":{"rendered":"HOME: Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The climbers on this arch are nearing the apex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s nice to keep occasional tabs on the progress of things like the garden. I particularly like the above photo, which Teresa took (on my iPhone) recently. Thanks to mum, for the arch. We have roses and (?) climbing up both sides, and now, after about four or five years, nearly meeting at the apex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our apple tree; small but fecund!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The apple tree nearly died on us. I had to lop off a big chunk that appeared to be diseased, several years ago. So it\u2019s a lot smaller than we\u2019d like it to be. But it\u2019s great it survived whatever afflicted it, and is coming back strong. It is producing a lot of apples this year. More than ever before. They\u2019re only just getting ready to harvest. So I can\u2019t report on their quality for eating, juicing or cooking just yet. Fingers crossed they\u2019ll be nice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teresa\u2019s clump of fig trees, all doing well. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also producing a healthy crop are Teresa\u2019s fig trees. There are, I think, four or five, all planted as cut sticks, about four years ago. I personally think we should lift one or two and transplant them elsewhere. But for now they\u2019re staying put. We\u2019ve harvested a few figs from them already, but not gotten around to trying any! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of several chilli plants. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One crop we have been both harvesting and eating is a variety of chillis. Most of which are growing in the greenhouse. But a couple of which, inc the one pictured above, are outside, either in a pot in a raised bed, or the herb bed. These are quite varied, some being quite mild, others pretty ferociously hot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A banana palm, bought from a Co-Op!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I often covet the big banana palms we sometimes see on TV, when Gardener\u2019s World visits somewhere, or the public submit their own garden shorts. I spotted some at a recently opened local branch of The Co-Op, when buying some lunch one day last week. Small, and \u00a36 each, I bought one. It\u2019s in the greenhouse at present, and will stay there to be potted on to a much larger pot and allowed to really grow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our garden is, like our home, small and a bit on the messy side. That annoys me somewhat. I\u2019d prefer a bigger home and garden, and even more than that, I wish we could vanquish the beasts of mess and clutter! But ultimately I love both home and garden. They\u2019re our private refuges. And both are a constant source of succour to us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s nice to keep occasional tabs on the progress of things like the garden. I particularly like the above photo, which Teresa took (on my iPhone) recently. Thanks to mum, for the arch. We have roses and (?) climbing up both sides, and now, after about four or five years, nearly meeting at the apex. … <\/p>\n

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