February
– a quiet month in my garden this year.
A
beautiful orchid bloomed. The tomatoes
are getting bigger but still a long way from bearing fruit – oh well. The
snowpeas are producing well and we have had a few meals from them. The zucchinis have also reached the picking
stage. I steamed some the other night
and served it with some cheese and sweet chilli sauce on the top. Pop’s favourite way.
We had
some friends stay with us for a week. It
was a lovely time. Unfortunately there
was a really bad wind storm one of the days and the back fence was blown
over. Thankfully it went backwards and
didn’t do any damage to my garden or the neighbor’s as it leaned on their retaining
wall. The only other damage was the pot
holding my osmanthus was blown down the steps and the pot broken. The plant was undamaged and the soil just sat
in a neat ball. It was carried into the
shade house and kept moist until the next day when a new pot could be bought.
My
friend gave me two lovely plants and we had great fun potting them up and
having some time out in the garden.
The
next week I was very busy getting some paintings done and then the last two
weeks we spent on the mainland visiting family.
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| my beautiful orchid - the first flowering |
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