For the first time, I took my camera outside into the new garden to get some pictures of what is growing out there, much of which I have no idea what it actually is. We have a couple fruit trees (apple, pear, and cherry), as well as a few different berry bushes. Our neighbours also planted some strawberry plants in a little planter box we have set up, which should be pretty cool if they have some fruit, as northern strawberries are probably the best in the world - though not necessarily the prettiest.
There are also a few wild flowers growing around the place and a few different colour Crocus flowers (above) that are growing sporadically along the hedge and under the fruit trees. While the garden has a lot to be desired, it should be quite pretty once the Spring sets in and it is all green. Currently, most of it looks dead, but it is starting to come alive and bud.
This is the apple tree budding leaves. Neither my wife nor daughter can eat apples, which means that when I force my wife to make me apple pies at the end of the summer, I will be the only one who can eat them ;D
This one has a little way to go still...
And there are a few tiny blue flowers called, Scilla. I know I sound like I have a god idea about what I am talking about, but in this case - I searched google for the image and it found similar pictures. I wonder how good it will get and if I will be able to use it to then find out how to care for all of this weird stuff.
I also went urban exploring of an old house - but it doesn't look like anyone has lived there for a while.
As I have been destroying parts of the interior house walls, there is quite a collection of wood forming under the window that I have been throwing it out of. I am considering removing the nails and using it for something, but I am not sure if it has been treated with anything yet. The boards of the walls were actually used to first set the foundation in place, and then repurposed. I like that idea and would like to repurpose them again for something.
There are a lot of nails.
This is a gravel interlude. Enjoy.
A lot of the plants in the garden make me feel like home, as they are spiky and feel like they are trying to kill me - much like everything in Australia. One of the plants that forms a hedge is a Snowberry bush, which is poisonois and can cause mild sedation in children - perfect for bedtime!
And here is my daughter's (she is meant to look after them) strawberry plants. There are about 10 there and I have no idea how many strawberries are expected, but the first harvest should be around July.
And, do you know what this weird dinosaur egg thing is?
It is rhubarb. And again, my wife can't eat this so it will be another pie she has to make for me - perhaps she can make an apple and rhubarb pie? I am really looking forward to eating things from the garden - like a hippy.
There are quite a few other things out there that I have no idea about and likely won't until they grow more and I can google image search them. Our neighbour friend has a lovely garden and knows most of these things anyway, but it is a bit of fun to discover it for myself. I am not much of a gardener, but I have a "feeling" that I am going to end up doing a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to tending to and maintaining it once it is ready. Plus, there is the snow work in the winter...
The other thing that I am looking forward to is getting a chair or tow out there and sitting for a morning coffee and an evening cider in the summer. With the nightless days, it is possible to spend a lot of time in the garden and still have sunlight warming the air - which is a great way to spend an evening.
Well - that is my garden so far - with a lot more to come in the coming years. This summer though, it is all about renovating the interior, so outside will have to wait, much to the annoyance of my wife - she will be double annoyed once the pie baking season starts.
Taraz
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These shots:
- Olympus Em-1
- Olympus 60mm Macro
- 10mm extension tube
- Edited in Lightroom (cropping)
It turns out that you take pictures no worse than you write. Great photo.
I dabble in writing and photography. :)
Pfft you're lucky she'll make you stuff that she can't eat, that would never happen here XD
It is more wishful thinking... :D
Rhubarb crumble is one of my favorites.When I look at a garden theses days I just see work as it never ends. The lock down unfortunately means our gardener is over due so I will have to do some. In your case though the house will be the priority so maybe you can enjoy the garden in a year or two.
I would kill for some crumble and a good vanilla ice cream!
No gardeners here - other than me unfortunately. It is actually strange how few gardening services there are, but I guess it is because the winter is so long.
Good luck out there :)
Thanks and you too. Winter would be an issue with a gardening service in your neck of the woods.
We have three apple trees. One of them has to go because it looks as if it's got a disease. They produced way too many apples for us to process anyway and it doesn't feel good to cart countless sacks full of them off to the waste center at the end of the summer.
Yeah, I am pretty sure that even i can't eat enough apple pie - let alone the pears too. There are lots of apple trees in the area also, so it isn't like the neighbours want them. Cider?
There are apple processing stations here that make juice out of them. Could be a bit pricey.
But not a bad way to use them I guess.
very beautiful!
It is :)
Wonderful shots! Just looking at your photos from a laptop screen in the Philippines that gives a calming feeling.
Definitely isn't as warm here as there then :)
Great shots, looks like spring is under way in your part of the world. I' you need help with munching the apple pies i'm your man, miss that sort of grub out here in the philippines. Be safe dude
The pies my wife make aren't the "American Pie" style, but they are still tasty :) Philippines has some of the best food in the world though, right?
You would hope so but Thailand it is not, if you like plain boiled rice with soggy pork then you you would love it here:)
A friend of mine makes adobo, which is awesome and I think it comes from the Philippines.
Yeah, Thailand might win :)
Adobo is good, I also like a bit of hummba which is similar generally chunks of pork belly in a soy and wait for it cola sauce and for me here is the major problem, filipinos have a very sweet tooth for me a spoiler in what could be nice dishes. The main issue is there is little variety so for a short holiday you could eat a few local dishes and come away thinking the food was OK. The basis of most dishes is stodgy plain rice and pork which gets a bit boring. I was talking to a friend of mine from the UK about this earlier in the year, he thought I was being a bit harsh but when I said how many filipino restaurants do you know he was stuck for a answer. In any big town In the UK you would find representation from all corners of the globe but as yet iv'e never come across a filipino eatery. All that said I can find some great Thai, Malay and Vietnamese restaurants here and i'm a pretty good cook myself. For me anyhow this is out weighed by the country as a whole, generally really nice people stunning scenery and great weather ignoring the odd typhoon. Stay safe
Come to think of it, I don't think there is a Filipino restaurant here either.... :)
These days, I guess in most countries it is possible to get a range of restaurants. I think the food in Australia was brilliant because of so many cultures influencing the blend - Finnish food sucks ass for the most part.
The people make the biggest difference to any meal anyway. I am from the tropics - Typhoons are fine. ;D
I love seeing what grows in other people's gardens! Looks like you have a good one, and the possibility of good pies is always something to look forward to!
I do too - and I am pretty sure I will get more interested now. At the old apartment, I was able to go into the forest (10 metres from the door) and pick wild blueberries (bilberries) for pies and my morning yoghurt. It is pretty cool to have the possibility here, something that not many in the world get to enjoy I guess.
My physical limitations have reduced my gardening efforts to pots on the back deck and I miss being able to grow a real garden. That will be great knowledge for your daughter to have.
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Co-incidental? I think not as I was also busy in the garden today and as usual posted about a funny occurrence.
But then again. I am in the garden every day due to the lockdown and today started preparing a bed to plant after winter.
Our garden is not as big as yours and you have some lovely Spring buds over there.
We live in an apple processing area and they also export from the farms over here.
I presume you guys don't have any processing plants over there to sell your spare apples to?
Any squirrels at your place? We had a big surprise from a cheeky one today.
Haha, does that means we will have soon a brandnew Pappaberry or Papparhubarb in the world of the blockchain? :)
I have to remind my Wife @pooky-jax that I am only 1 man, Gone, away from home, an average of 300 days a year.
So many projects take much longer. As You know, You also travel for work.