AT LAST..........

I'm back! Sorry to have been away so long, work has kept me busier than a legless lizard trying to run! Add to that the removal of a skin cancer and a graft and it was all too much for a few weeks lol.
The garden has survived without me of course, there is so much happening out there now the cooler weather is slowly coming in.  

The pond plants are going beserk, these bullrushes have flowered. I always love the look of them, no fancy petals, just a simplistic beauty....

Our visiting friends have found they can sit and watch the world go by safely by spending their time on the top of our chook pen roof!

The Basil is really beginning to move. I much prefer the ruby variety to the standard, the smell is much nicer when dehydrating too, I managed to do another 3 jars, another years supply tucked away.

Speaking of herbs, look at this beauty! The bay leaf tree hubby found for me. Now planted in the back garden it will not only supply us with its leaves for cooking, it will, in years to come, provide shade for visitors cars....have to love dual purpose plants!

Behind the tree you can see the mulch I just tipped out to spread ready for the herb garden plant out.

Amd yet another herb....the Chocolate mint. I love this plant, not only is it pretty, it can be used in a multitude of ways, from teas to painting the leaves with chocolate then using to decorate all sorts of sweets. This was only a couple of inches when I put it by the pond, it oviously is loving where I placed it.

The Pepinos too have really grown. This one is the "Indian Gold" from memory.

Hubby loves them, the kids and I can take them or leave them, we much prefer the starwberry and pineapple ones....

The last of our lettuce. They have done well this year, lasting much longer than ever before because I put them in a garden bed under the patio....less heat to deal with!

And last, but by no means least in our garden....a wee man who comes out singing at the top of his lungs every evening. I do so love listening to the frogs, we have about a dozen of them now, the keep the pests away, love it when I throw snails in and generally are fun to watch. They have moved from being very shy to just plain bolshy, ....have I mentioned how much I love frogs.....lol

I also managed to get another dozen bottles of home made tomato sauce made over the weekend just gone, we now have enough to see us through a year, no mean feat in this house, daughter eats it by the ton!

I hope to be back posting more regularly now work is under control, take care of you and yours:)