We had sort of let the orchard go a bit wild to give the wild flowers a chance but, after the main threat of brown beetle was over, we decided to tidy it up and remove the last of the cages. Many of the cages had broken and others were too small for their occupants so we removed the lot.
Much smarter eh!
None of the plum trees in the orchard produced any fruit, despite several of them being covered in blossom but at least one of them was useful, providing a home for this family of gold finches.
And elsewhere, the signs were most promising. Cherries ...
... tamarillos ...
... passionfruit - on a plant that had lived indoors at our old house for many years without ever producing a flower ...
... apricots ...
... feijoas on party bush where the first stick insects were collecting ...
... chilean guavas ...
.... pears, and pears and more pears ...
... and for the first time, apples.
And yay, some of them turned into harvests ...
... yum!
The greenhouse was doing its stuff too, but only managed a few tiny tomatoes before we went away for xmas.
And not to be outdone, my dancing ladies came out to play (several months early I think) ...
... and our magnolia grandiflora produced its first 3 flowers, the aroma of which were quite divine.
We also had a visit from Bev who seemed keen to have a long promised morning tea in the willow hut, but of course first she had to earn it.
But hopefully it was worthwhile!
She also helped us drench the lambs.
And just for the record, the vegie patch was still doing its stuff rather nicely.
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