Poppy, Gerbera and Penstemon

This beautiful pink poppy
has self seeded in the
garden from last years crop.
They are lovely.
I have some dark red
ones as well.














Pretty pink Gerbera.
only arrived in the garden
1 week ago, I'm unsure
how it will take the cold
winter we have here in
Lenswood.

Well ! some gremlins are at work on my computer, the Penstemon

Picture has disappeared. I'll try it again another day.

White Sapote, Rhubarb and Chilli

A few more pictures, expertly taken by the Veggie Gnome. thankyou V/G.
What ever has happened to the Rhubarb ?
One day it is growing, just a normal size,
then suddenly the size of the leaves have
doubled, talk about day of the Triffids !!

The white sapote is flowering,
I'm hoping to get some fruit this
year, but as you can see, some
thing has already begun to take a
nibble at the buds.
The red hot chillies are
'firing' up

First baby photos

First, just to show how clever the mother
and father birds are in nest building.
















And, here they are! Unsure of exactly
how many are in the nest, maybe four.

Thanks to Veggie Gnome for the excellent
photography.

Still here! The baby birds have hatched

Outside of my back door I have a pot with a rather large succulent growing in it. It has been difficult to do much work in my garden because in the said pot, a couple of beautiful Superb Fairy Wrens have built a nest and laid 4 eggs. How such a tiny bird can push out eggs of that size is beyond me, but she did! Because we didn't want to disturb her, we have been trying to avoid using this door, next to the veggie garden. Well now they have hatched, and in a couple of days I should be able to take a picture. Mother and Father are busy bringing insects for their dinner, all day long. It is a privilege to have them build a nest so close to the garden, as they eat all the little garden pests. (another reason NOT to use chemicals) So, it looks as if I will need to keep the old lettuce growing, which has little flying things living on it, until the babies have "flown the coop" The other night we heard a great twittering and when we looked out the window, there was a Kookaburra sitting on the sprinkler and they were trying to shoo him away! Kookaburra was probably not at all interested in the baby birds, more likely looking for a lizard for his dinner. The lizards have made my veggie garden their home, they LOVE the strawberries. Oh well, all living creatures have to eat something. (I just wish it wasn't my strawberries)

Broccoli and leeks straight from the garden

Two beautiful leeks for dinner tonight,
picked and into the pan with some
broccoli to steam. A cheese sauce to
pour over ..... delicious. From the
garden and eaten, all within 40 minutes

Strawberries anyone ?

Not quite the first strawberries, but
the first time there has been enough
for two people to share. I'm rather
pleased with the size of them.
Yumm!!
Second thoughts.........maybe I'll eat them
all by myself !!

Hanging out for a pea !

The first of the new seasons peas.
Just enough for a taste, but I
couldn't leave them on the bush
any longer.