There isn't much to do in the garden at the moment, except enjoy!
It has been a hot and very wet summer. Because of this I am having a few fungal issues in the garden. The grapes have an issue (possibly fungus and too much wet) and I may be lucky enough to get one small bunch (unlike last years soo many bunches I didn't know what to do with them all), the apple tree is fungus city and I am going to sacrifice what the birds have left and give it a serious prune (coming soon!). I did get some very tasty raspberries, nice and sweet, but there were really only a handful. I am considering moving them back to their previous location and just deal with their rampant behaviour (the bountiful fruit makes the effort well worth it).
I have even had pest trouble in the native sections of my garden! I have had to remove an Acacia terminalis and A. buxifolia as well as a Dodonea. Not sure what happened to the Dodonea it just up and died. The A. terminalis had some weird thing attached to it that I was watching and wondering what it was, and then it started to kill it. I think the A. buxifolia was just nearing the end of its useful life as a garden plant after 6 years. So a trip to the local native nursery is on the cards this week!
Mini zuc's |
Quince |
Pear |
Nashi |
Lots of garden learning this year. I have been researching getting a couple of mulberry trees (not sure where in my small yard these large trees are going to fit, but there is a will and I will find a way :)). My chooks have scaly leg (something I have not encountered in any of my chooks in the past) and I am learning how to treat this. I am learning about pruning and setting trees up to produce maximum fruit. And I am thinking about grafting extra varieties of pear to my pear tree, so the process of grafting would be new (something I have always wanted to learn!). I am looking forward to more playing and re-arranging.
Hey Carly,
ReplyDeleteLove this. Claire and I have been experiencing a lot of the same probs. Most of the apples at the farm have a fungus on them from too much rain and aren't going to be any good. We are going to have an abundance of nectrines (5 trees). Had some nice little plums and made an awesome Plum and Apple Jelly with them. The quinces are coming along beautiful this year. And our vege patch has been producing fairly well.
Nice Deb. Its all great fun. A little sad when things are destroyed by critters, fungus and not-so-favourable weather. But thats where planting a variety comes into its own. Some things will go gangbusters while other things fail. Can't be a great season for all. What to do with all the quinces!!!!?? How were the nectarines??
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