June and winter is here already

Well since the last post we have had quite a bit of rain, enough to close up all the cracks in the ground, and set all the soursobs into growth phase, some are just starting to flower.

The chilies are still producing but I think the sick chili is not going to recover, but that is fine three plants and we have a couple of jars of sweet chili sauce, quite a lot of dried chilies and fresh ones still being produced on the bush. After picking a couple of handfulls this afternoon and looking at how many we have already dried, and in the process of drying, this "harvest" will be going to work to be shared with anyone who wants to take them. I'd like to be taking more "produce" in to share, especially considering that I take home the coffee grounds and teabags from the kitchen and a few people know that they go into my compost so it would be nice to show that what most people throw into the bin can be turned into homegrown food.

All the leaves are gone from the apricot and peach, the apple doesnt look like loosing its leaves for a while yet, I have been thinking about how to prune them every time I walk past them.

Picked the first two lemons, there is about 6 little lemonades on the lemonade plant and it has more flower buds to come, I am waiting to see if the orange is going to come back and sprout to life or if it has given up the ghost, and needs to be replaced, there is still a few leaves and some buds but it is not doing to much. I have decided that I will not make new citrus endure our winter but I will wait until spring to put any more in, it is much easier to keep the water up to them than to try to protect them from the cold. spring will hopefully see a tahition lime and possible a kafir lime go in and perhaps a new orange to replace the existing one if it doesn't pick up.

Our "ball" trees (moptops) have almost lost all of their leaves.

The lawn is looking lovely and green but on close inspection it is mostly winter grass which is starting to grow, with the odd sour sob here and there, but the lawn is looking relativly good as well