Well I've been a bit slack out in the garden the last few weeks-busy getting christmas presents made ready to send out. I tried to use herbs from the garden wherever I could-lemon verbena, lavender, tarragon. I put some cornflower petals in the lotion bars I made too-I was very happy they kept their colour when dried in the oven. We've been getting to try fruits from the garden. We had out first ripe fig, and the Acerola cherries have been ripening-they are sour and juicy. I like them! They are such pretty fruits-bright shiny red. We also got to try some of the angel peaches. The cucumber we planted have taken off-escaping the bed now. They have been flowering like crazy, but only the tiny starting of fruit so far.
We planted some melons to grow over the trellis where the passionfruit was removed. We've never grown melons before but came across a punnet of mixed seedlings. They are small melon plants designed for containers, so we thought they might work ok in the beds.
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