Friday, August 28, 2009

Spring has sprung

It's not officially spring for another few days, but today has leapt straight past spring and into summer, a balmy 19c with blue skies and a fresh breeze. I spent the afternoon in the garden pottering about and am now taking a well-earned break.


The plum (or greengage or whatever it is) tree beside the chicken house is in full bloom and looking very pretty. We got tons of fruit off it last year but didn't know that it was edible, so most of it rotted. We'll make better use of it this year!


The daffodils are out in full bloom at the moment too, and provide lovely splashes of colour here and there. And the tree that smells like chocolate (a boxleaf azara, I believe) is blooming again! The flowers on this are tiny yellow things, barely visible, but they smell like chocolate or cocoa butter when the sun is shining. It's just beautiful.



1 comment:

Skry said...

Cheeky chickies! Typical that they have to show off by eating the flowers... Then again, they are keeping the place well fertalised :P