Wednesday, 15 October 2025

A month into spring

Our mulberry bush has produced a prolific crop of berries this year.

mulberry

We have picked five bowls to date and there are plenty more ripening.

mulberries

Berries on our breakfast cereal and some tasty jam for the next 12 months.

The daffodils were early flowerers and are now starting to die off.

daffodils 

Two of the three trees beside the pool have flowers.   The plum and the peacharine.

back trees

plum 

peacharine

Two years ago the Mango tree was a sick looking twig.  Jan has nursed it back to life and we might actually get a couple of mangoes this season.

mango

The hibiscus Jan planted along the fence line have produced a riot of colour.

hibiscus1hibiscus2hibiscus3 

One of her rose bushes in her front garden has an attractive bloom.

rose

I know to not touch any plants in her garden.  Desired plants die at my touch whilst weeds thrive!

2 comments :

Brian and Diana on NB Harnser said...

In the UK we have had a bumper year for fruit, My plumb trees went mad as did the damsons, the hedge rows are full of sloes as they were earlier with blackberries, the towpaths littered with crab apples and even next doors quince tree was laden.

Tom and Jan said...

Brian I blame it on climate change :-)