Lemon tree

Posted on October 17, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Green, Growth, Lemon, lemon tree, Plant, Plant pot, potted on, Ripening, Supermarket, Yellow2 Comments

We have a lemon tree from the supermarket and after six months the lemon has grown and is turning yellow. There are a few more small lemons on the plant so once we pick this one they may start growing. It’s propped on the lip of the pot so it can catch the sun and get warmed by the radiator when it’s on.

The plant had to be potted on because it was root bound and it has grown really well with glossy green leaves. I like the texture of the lemon and leaves in my photo which I took from below to get a better view and catch the blue sky and dream catcher in the background.

Waiting for cherries

Posted on June 26, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cherries, Cherry tree, Food, Fruit, Gardening, Life, not ready yet, Red, Ripening, Sweet, Tasty8 Comments

Three years ago our cherry crop was already picked. The tree came from the old Woolworths shop in Stoke about twenty five years ago. It must have been happy because now it’s about thirty feet high.

The cherries are starting to ripen, but they are not ready yet. Maybe next week we can reach the lower ones. The rest we donate to the birds. One thing I need to do is buy a big umbrella, it really helps to stop the cherries we pick from rolling off into the undergrowth!

Apples

Posted on August 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged apples, Branches, Fence, Fruit, Gardening, mature, Red, Ripening, Tasty, trained, TreeLeave a comment

Our apple trees have got a lot of fruit for a change. I think they are finally maturing and as they have had their branches trained along the fence they are bearing more fruit than if they were growing straight up, some of them are already ripening and turning red. I don’t know their variety but they are tasty.

Tomatoes ripening-at last!

Posted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged apples, Banana, Fruit, Fruit and veg, Gardening, Red, Ripening, Tasty, Tiny, TomatoesLeave a comment

A few tiny tomatoes, some from our plants, most from an allotment we helped on. I think they were brought on by some ripe bananas that give out a gas which helps ripen fruit around them. My hubby says the chemical symbol for the gas is Ethene (previously called Ethylene) CH2=CH2….We have a few apples too. I used a cooking apple yesterday with some cider to make a very tasty apple sauce. I’m going to use the rest of the apples up in a cake.

Pears

Posted on September 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baby courgette, Broken branch, Garden, Gardening, Hanging baskets, Pears, Plants, Ripening, Sunny, TreesLeave a comment

Views of the pear tree. They are getting bigger and a small branch has broken off. The sun was out again today although the wind is coming from the north and cooling things down. My hanging baskets have just started to wilt a bit since we hot this dry spell. I’m watering them, but the coll nights and the big gaps in the new fence are making the yard a bit cooler. The time will come when everything dies back. I’m pleased though that I’ve found a small courgette on one of my plants!

Garden today

Posted on August 24, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cat, Flowers, Garden, Life, Pears, Plant, Ripening, Spider, Tomatoes6 Comments

It’s all berries, flowers, and spider webs.

The temperature is rising again and the fruit is ripening. The spiders in the garden are busy catching pests, and flowers continue to emerge.

Watering plants is important, especially in hanging baskets, I’m afraid mine have started to wilt.

My hubby has counted about fifty small pears on the pear tree, which is growing at an angle because it’s top heavy. We have used a piece of timber to prop it up. We also have quite a few green tomatoes, basically because they are in too much shade so are not ripening quickly.

Life continues, cats mooch round the garden trying to pounce on the odd wood pigeon. I keep our cats in but can’t shoo the neighbouring ones away easily.

Blueberries

Posted on July 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Blueberries, Environment, Flowers, Food, Garden, Hanging baskets, Plant, Ripening4 Comments

We have two small blueberry bushes on loan from a friend. They sit either side of the back door. One bush is sad and half died off. The other is healthy.

But it’s the blueberries on the tatty bush that are starting to ripen. As you can see they start out green, gradually swell and then the blue works it’s way over the fruit from the top to the base where it is attached to a stalk. I think they will get darker blue than this.

I haven’t been on line much today because I’ve been tidying up the jungle if a garden we have. Deadheading my hanging baskets. Watering the plants and tidying up the shed. I’m pooped!

Here are a couple of the baskets I’ve been working on. I like the multilayer look. There is ivy growing up the wall so it looks quite nice.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Ripening