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What's growing right now.
Prickly pear. I'm presuming these are flowers and not fruit. It was a bit hard to tell but the fruit is usually ripe in mid summer
The mint is starting to grow again though the chill winds of February might cut it back again
my green corner, nasturtiums and clover
A bit of broccoli
The white bougainvillia is a little worse for wear now after a few days of gale force winds removed most of the blossom and drove it into our front door to be vaccumed by me every day
The lemon harvest is in full swing
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Great photos. I bet the lemons smell divine?
ReplyDeleteThe lemons do have a strong lemony smell, the leaves more than the fruit
DeleteYour photos of the bougainvillea and prickly pear bring back memories of when we lived in Tenerife. Ah, those lovely warm days, sigh.
ReplyDeleteAh those lovely warm days indeed. It's still freezing here but the sun has finally appeared. Heatwaves are on the, distant, horizon
DeleteDo you eat the cactus fruit? Your garden is looking well productive.
ReplyDeleteThe cactus is down on one of the beaches. We do eat the fruit, though it's not easy to peel and clean so its not a favourite.
DeleteWe have prickly pear growing all around our area. We have lots of greek and Italian families in the area
ReplyDeleteThey seem like a dangerous way to get something to eat to me lol
The garden is looking lovely and green
Yes, the prickly pear bushes grow like mad and are a devil to keep in control. The older greeks will happily go out and pick a few fruit and clean it but they are used to foraging and struggling for their food! I can't be bothered. You need gloves or be an expert with a very sharp knife. It's years since I've tasted one
DeleteSuch growth and green-ery! In February! When we are under ice and snow! -smile-
ReplyDeleteIn winter there's lots of growth, and its green and doesn't go a dusty brown. Cabbages and lettuces and broccoli grow well. Mosty of the green growth in my garden is weeds but as long as they're green I don't mind. They disappear when temps rise. Brrr for your ice and snow!
DeleteThe whole notion of growing your own citrus fruit is amazing to me! Do you have other citrus trees besides lemon? -Jenn
ReplyDeleteWe have oranges and lemons, mandarines and bitter orange which I think is called a seville orange. We did have a grapefruit tree too but have cut it down to the trunk and may graft on another mandarine. Everyone around us has the same and we get overloaded with vit c at this time of the year! Lucky us I guess
DeleteDo you make 'Preserved Lemons'? I am very keen on N African cuisine, and salted preserved lemons are essential and very easy to make. The net gives plenty of recipes.
ReplyDeleteI've often thought of preserving lemons. My sis in law in NZ does and says they are marvellous. Youre pushing me to give it a try. I've got the jars, got the lemons and the salt and definitely got the time!!
DeleteHere too the lemon trees this year are full of fruit. The olives on the other hand did not give anything this year.
ReplyDeleteSame here exactly. Loads of lemons and no olives. Each year is different.
DeleteThere was a prickly pear on the property Max and I had in the Far North but I removed it. I picked our first lemon of the season yesterday.
ReplyDeletePrickly pear is a nuisance. They grow quite big and are dangerous. Besides the fact you can't touch the fruit with bare hands. Thank goodness that one is not ours.
DeleteIt still seems strange to me to see snow in Athens. Your lemon tree has produced well this year.
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