Tree Dahlias getting started again

Dahlia imperialis - they will shortly be higher than an elephant's eye

More mulch and compost in the spudariums

Spuntas

Passionfruit Flower

Passiflora edulis

More Ferns in the Fernarium

A visit to the NMIT nursery results in more fern in the fernarium

Cleaned out the Fish Pond

Moved the Cumbungi (Typha domingensis) from the fishpond where it was taking over

Rain

Rain on brassicas

Kangaroo paw about to flower

Anigozanthus flavidus - yellow form

Nastursium Flower

Tropaeolum sp.

Even More RTF3014B Implement a Propagation Program

Anigozanthus flavidus - grown from seed

Planted out the Capsicums and Eggplant

Solanum melongena 'Lebanese'

Capsicum annuum 'Californian Wonder'

Capsicum sp. 'Long Green'

Planted out the Tomatoes

Roma in the front, Grosse Lisse and Red Cherry at the back

Platycerium sp. waiting to go in the Fernarium

Platycerium superbum and a very small (and hidden) Platycerium hillii

Feijoa Flowers

Acca sellowiana

Grape Flowers

Vitis vinifera 'Marroo Seedless'

Loganberries Ripening for Christmas

The loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus) is an octaploid hybrid produced 

from crossing a hexaploid apomictic blackberry and a tetraploid raspberry.

They are also very tasty.

Scarlet Runner Bean Flowers

Phaseolus coccineus

Bees Getting Very Active

 Lots of bees coming and going to the hive

 

Lots of bees around the entrance to the hive

Possibly related to the sudden change in temperature and humidity?

Chooks Enjoying a Healthy Green Salad

Helping to clear beds to make way for summer crops to be 

planted out as soon as the soil temperature is high enough

Flowers on Lamium maculatum

Grown from NMIT cuttings and growing in dry shade near the front door

Broad Beans Picked to Make Way For Sweetcorn and Cucurbits

2.5 kgs...

Bees Building Comb on Plastic Frames

I've since discovered that plastic frames are not too good - we'll see.

Bugs stuck to sticky trap

Various bugs including Whitefly stuck to a yellow sticky trap in the brassicas

More Socks on the Apple Tree

More codling moth exclusion bags on the apple tree

Spider hiding inside a rose

Ladybird larvae on the Apple tree

More RTF3014B Implement a Propagation Program

Lagerstroemia indica 'White', Hydrangea quercifolia, Abutilon sp. 

and Tomato rootstock ready for a new attempt at grafting

Cherry tree ready for the birds

Prunus avium with bird netting - still to be closed off at the bottom

Pomato, Tomtato, Potato, Tomato

Solanaceae - tomatoes approach grafted to potatoes

The third pot will have an eggplant grafted on as well

Chooks eating raspberry leaves

Chickens eating raspberry leaves through a fence

Brassicas and leafy greens planted out a few weeks ago

Cabbage, Kale, Kohl Rabi, Silver Beet and Good Bug mix