Garden of Earthly Delights Revisited

The Garden and my backyard is teeming with life. A whole community seemed to be thriving on its own. Weird, alien-looking weeds were spreading like wildfire over our backyard, but I'll just show the acceptable ones.

weird moss

daisy rings_where fairies sing

These daisies are considered to be pesty weeds. However, they make a nice, decent golden carpet if you let them grow wild. Which you are probably not allowed to, because by then, they are a potential bushfire hazard.

We introduced hardy, drought-tolerant "eye candy" to jazz up the place a little. They are still adolescent at this stage, but growing nevertheless.

succulent 1_crucifixes

Apologies for not finding out what these succulents are named. These little 'crucifixes' are in actual fact babies still in an 'incubator'. Currently they don't have roots, but eventually they will grow thin, red tendrils on the parts of their bodies which are closest to the ground and slowly establish themselves.

black tree aeonium

I don't know the name of the thingy on the left, it was a gift from the neighbour, and does not look too healthy at this stage.

The thingy on the right is another succulent known as the 'Black Rose' / 'Black Tree' or an 'Aeonium'. I do not know how to multiply these ones either. I suppose you could chop off the head and hope it grows?

succulent rose

Pigface

This is one hell of a creeper, that you could just snip off any part of it, leave it out for weeks & it will not die off. However, as soon as released on the ground, it will somehow revitalizes itself, and if it's happy, it will grow pretty pink flowers.

Cycad / Sago fern

Another hardy, yet good-looking plant - the Cycad. This is planted in front of the house, outside the Master Bedroom. I don't know where the sago is supposed to be produced though I am certain this is just a 'decorative' version.

By the way, notice how we have a 'dragon' surrounding it? looks like a guardian lizard of the house...it would be awesome if it has wings...

Lavender

Last year's Lavender has blossomed pretty well.

purple kerchiefs

bell flower

The crimson-white drooping bells are a house-warming gift. Supposedly drought tolerant. Hopefully they last through summer, if the chooks don't kill them first.

more seeds

Time to reap, and time to sow.

And now, for some edible stuff ...

snow peas

harvest

spring onions

We never knew that spring onions could grow these cottonbud flowers on their heads, like odango atamas. The spring onions sprang forth from old, discarded roots of spring onions bought from the supermarket and their regenerative abilities are quite impressive.

sawi / bak choy


These tastes like...organic veges. Tough and almost tasteless. I don't think I will plant these again. They eentually grew into flowers, and by then, became too hard to chew.

Anyway, spring calls for BBQ with the usual fare. note: goodies are not from garden ... just for the atmosphere ... bon appetit

strawberries & kumquats

antipasto platter

jenny's pavlova