21 - 29 April 2021
There has been rain, a rare and wonderful thing even at this time of year, so for a couple of days everything in the garden gets easier: weeding and planting. Then the dryness returns.
This is the stone bank below the house. It can only be weeded after substantial rain, so Dave and I tackled it with enthusiasm. Somewhat extreme weeding, as the footing is treacherous, and an over-enthusiastic pull could send you flying.
My red queen from ‘Alice’ moment - painting the trees. In this case, with lime to prevent crickets eating the bark and killing them.
The pomegranate, which I finally agreed to do something about. I’ve been letting it become a bush, but we never get any fruit because, we think, the ants rob the nectar. So I trimmed out all the small suckers and cleared back to only a few stems that can be sticky taped.
Not very visible, but a small dent in the lower edge of the car where Dave had a miscalculation with the edge of a road in Neohori.
A very lovely butterfly on a crazy seed pod cluster. Google says it’s a female Common Blue. Doesn’t look common to me!
The wavy-leaved monkey orchids reach their full glory.
This is a patch of purple vetch that has colonised the edge of the slab by the gate. A lovely softening of the concrete, thank you, vetch!
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