When I planted out the majority of my new plants over the last month or so, I was blessed with the rain coming. I have not had to water my plants in once, the rain has taken care of that.
Mother nature does a way better job than I could ever do with the hose and for that I am truely thankful.
A little bit about where I live in Coromandel.
- it is 5m above sea level
- has a warm and temperate climate with significant rainfall - 1850 mm | 72.8 inch per year, with rain even during the driest months (usually lol)
- has an average annual temperature of 15.2 °C | 59.4 °F.
We have a pretty awesome climate here and the food forest should do really well.
Last week we had our first frost. Well, we call it a frost, but pretty light compared to most other places south of here. This wee sprinkling of Jack Frost hasn't seemed to damage any of my young plants, and of course my berries and currants will love the cooler temperatures. My avocado tree is only young, and luckily I covered it with some garden mesh I had in the shed and that seems to have done the trick.
Because I am developing the food forest on our small urban section - I can look out at the new area from many windows and doors inside our house and I long to see green.
At the moment it is just predominantly bare branches and sticks poking up out of the ground. I want to look out and see a beautiful lush, green, tropical paradise.
With these thoughts of wanting more - I went out this morning and started to actually look at what was before me.
I saw buds on some fruit trees swelling and starting to show life - a few wee leaves erupting on my currant bushes, vege plants growing - how did I not see all this??
I have been looking but not seeing!
I was determined to get outside, so I took some photos during a drizzly, cold and bleak day.
Beautiful Calendula Flowers
My Prolific Parsley
Plum tree buds bursting into life
Alpine Strawberries
Roman Chamomile
Rhubarb
Vietnamese Mint
Nasturtium
Russian Kale
Asparagus, Lettuce, Spring Onions, Broadbeans
Celery, Beetroot, Chillis
Broccoli, Russian Kale, Beetroot, Garlic
Garlic, Carrots ( the rest of the carrots were dug up by blackbirds!! )
Dwarf Comfrey
Thyme - just coming into flower
Currant leaves emerging
I know I am impatient! I love to daydream about how my plants will look a few years on - mature, producing, feeding us and the birds and bees who choose to visit.
Gardening is all about watching and learning. It is about gaining knowledge from many sources and to sift out what you want and put it to practice.
I have been in contact with a couple of like minded permaculture people and it is so awesome to be able to discuss what you are doing, and listen to things that have worked for them and not worked.
Life and gardening are about making mistakes - to learn from them, and devise ways to create a solution out of a problem.
I wonder what my next solution will be???
No comments:
Post a Comment