As we enter the final month of Winter here, there is much beginning to happen which leads me to ponder the Spring to come. The days are longer now, the sky is a clear and cloudless blue and the air has the touch of a new season's warmth. Many plants are offering up a promise of emerging goodness that we'll enjoy as the season turns.
The beginnings of a strawberry in the centre of its sweet white flower.
A small, bright green snow pea will grow bigger with time.
Flower clusters are forming on our avocado tree!!
Carrot-topped Queen Anne's Lace is popping up everywhere with self-seeded randomness.
Waxy, pink curls spring forth on a native Grevillea.
Blueberry blooms hint at the delicious blue fruit to come.
A cluster of unripe cherry tomatoes will soon blush red.
A bean plant sends out a tiny tendril, aiming skywards.
A hint of vibrant blue in the tightly formed bud of a cornflower.
What is emerging in your garden right now? Are you feeling the hint of the new season to come?
Meg
Cornflowers! My favourite flower in the world. You have reminded me I must put some in!
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks so healthy, it would be great if you would consider doing a post on how you tend your patch from soil prep to watering regime and feeding frequency. I seem to flounder a bit in my garden lately!
I did notice those beautiful cornflower blooms in your blog header, Cheryl! My garden is a lot healthier than it used to be and that is really because of all the work that has gone into improving the soil. I do everything I can now to nourish the ground I grow things in because if that isn't healthy and full of nutrition, then plants don't grow so well. I'll put together a post for you and publish it soon. In the meantime, I'd suggest popping over to Morag Gamble's blog, Our Permaculture Life, and reading about how she prepares her no-dig garden beds. I used her technique to rejuvenate my main veggie bed before Autumn planting as I felt it needed it. Worked a treat!
DeleteGreat advice, thanks I will check out that blog when I get a chance.
DeleteWe are still in the midst of a cold and rainy winter here, so apart from winter vegetables there is not much happening at all.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a wet Winter here, Jan and unseasonally warm days have intermingled with days of lower temperatures and cold winds. It has been a very productive season for growing veggies in the garden. I've had some failures though...slugs ate every last one of my elephant garlic bulbs. I hope your Winter veg is healthy and delicious!
DeleteI love garden pics....my veggie garden is still weeds I'm afraid...
ReplyDeleteI'm battling weeds in a couple of my flower beds, Kathy. I think they've loved this rather rainy Winter as much as all the other plants in my garden. Meg:)
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