Our normal plants are going great guns so far this year.
1 Pear Tree 3 years old. No flowers this year. But it’s still young.
By its side you’ll see a small pot with 4 spring garlic growing, however I suspect one of them is rotting as its leaves are dying off. I’m going to give a bit longer but may end up pulling it.
Our two Blueberry bushes are always winners and we got over a 1kg of fruit last year. Looks like it will be similar again this year too.
Our Gooseberry bush has gone from strength to strength each year. It’s from a cutting we took of my late mother in laws when she passed. We couldn’t dig up the bush we planted for her as it was huge and produced masses of fruit. So we left if for the next resident of the sheltered housing to enjoy… they tore it out within a few months of moving in. Just so glad we managed to get this cutting.
This year is the second year of fruit and this time it’s not just one or two, it’s a heap of them.
Our Apple tree has got a load of bloom this year. Last year I got 2 blooms of 6 flowers, none turned to fruit and dropped them at the end of spring (known as a spring drop) just down to lack of nutrients. This year we’ve had around 30 blooms of 6 flowers and so far none have dropped. Some have started to swell ever so slightly too, so we’re hopeful.
We also grow a Bay Tree and a Rosemary Bush, which grow fantastically and provide some nice herbs for the cooking.
My plan this year was to add a Green Tea bush to the collection, that way I could get my tea fix. But I’ve been too lazy.