Ronnie Down Under

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here but things have kept us very busy for the past few months. We recently returned from a month long vacation up north but before we start posting those images I want to show you the new garage Mary and I built ourselves (our nephew John laid the foundation) and some shots from our garden.

We were so busy trying to get this garage built (took us a few weeks) that we didn’t think about photos until it was almost finished. These first shots are of me working on the roof.

Here I’m cutting some sections for the roof.

Installing roof sections.

And, the finished garage with side garden and trellises. This little garden contains rosemary, cilantro, strawberries, two types of passion fruit vines, oregano, sage, basil, and lavender.

These next images are from our vegetable garden.

Here is a list of what I’ve got growing in the garden:

Lettuce (four types)
Asian Cabbage (two types)
Spinach
Silverbeat (like spinach)
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Onion – Spring
Onion – Yellow
Garlic – Elephant
Sugar Snap Peas
Scarlet Runner Peas
Snap Beans
Potatoes
Turnips
Radish
Asparagus
Artichoke
Watermelon
Rockmelon (Cantaloupe)
Pumpkin
Corn
Fennel
Tomatoes (five types)
Asian Eggplant (the long purple ones)
Cucumber – (for pickling)
Bell Peppers (green and red)
Hot Peppers (six types)
Okra
Beatroot
Parsley (two types)
Sunflower
Zucchini

I’m sure I’ve forgotten something but I think you get the picture.

Here’s Mary putting in our first flower garden in front of the house. Our plans are to make the front yard a cottage garden.

As we were about to leave on our vacation I noticed that our fruit trees were starting to bloom. We missed most of it but other people in town said our whole back yard was full of color.

Here’s a list of the fruit we are already growing:

Nectarine – Fantasia
Orange – Washington Navel
Peach – Double Jewel
Fig – Preston Prolific
Peach – Tasty Zee
Plum – Mariposa
Pear – Mirandino Rosso
Plum – Narrabeen
Orange – Seedless Valencia
Apple – Golden Delicious
Apricot – Newcastle
Cherry – Stella
Loquat – Chatsworth
Olive - Frantoio
Blueberries