Friday 31 December 2010

40 degrees

 The bees kept the hive at 35 degrees 

Scarlet Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus)

Thursday 30 December 2010

Wednesday 29 December 2010

Monday 27 December 2010

Saturday 25 December 2010

Friday 24 December 2010

Another Super Required on a Beehive

It is possible to extract very small amounts of honey in a salad spinner...

Thursday 23 December 2010

Chooks Testing the New Grandpas Feeder

The feeder closes when the chooks are not standing on the plate

Wednesday 22 December 2010

A Family of Blackbirds

Turdus merula - the parents are been very busy, they return 
every five minutes while it's light with food

Monday 20 December 2010

Sunday 19 December 2010

Saturday 18 December 2010

Friday 17 December 2010

Fly on Parsnip Flowers

A tiny fly on tiny parsnip flowers

Thursday 16 December 2010

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Sweetcorn

Staggered planting this year to ensure a continuous supply instead of a glut...

Tuesday 14 December 2010

Crepe Myrtle!

Lagerstroemia indica

Monday 13 December 2010

Bagged Grapes

Bagged grapes to keep the birds out

Sunday 12 December 2010

Trimmed Myoporum parvifolium

Nearest part cut with mower, rest trimmed with hedge shears

Saturday 11 December 2010

Strawberries, Silvanberries, Loganberries, Raspberries

Fragaria × ananassa, Rubus ursinus x hybrid, Rubus × loganobaccus, Rubus idaeus

Friday 10 December 2010

Flowers on Canna sp.

These are nearly 2 metres high (Canna indica)

Thursday 9 December 2010

Bargain from Bunnings marked down plants

Okee Dokee Peach (Prunus persica) - even cheaper than bare rooted!

Monday 6 December 2010

Pea Straw Mulch on the Tomatoes

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

Sunday 5 December 2010

An Onion Flower

Alium cepa - one of the last of the onions in the front garden

Saturday 4 December 2010

A Caterpillar on the Grapes

The grapes will be bagged soon

Friday 3 December 2010

Wednesday 1 December 2010

First berries of summer

Loganberries (Rubus × loganobaccus)