Aroha the Barrow

24/03/2024

It’s that time again.
Organic Feijoas $3 kilo or swaps.

23/07/2023

https://www.positive.news/environment/growing-food-in-the-desert/

This Jordanian farm shows it’s possible to grow vegetables in the unlikeliest places, using lo-fi tech that’s widely available

16/07/2023

We have organic citrus fruit ripe now.
Grapefruit, lemons, mandarins, tangelos.
$3.50 kilo or swap, koha.
Free to anyone in need.

28/06/2023

It’s so good to have some sunny days. The Monarch butterflies came out to drink nectar from our Poinsettia flowers. Having plant food for insects in the garden brings many benefits.

10/06/2023

‘Old Blush’ is the most common of the China Roses.
Cultivated in China for more than 1,000 years, it was brought into Europe in the late 1700s, initiating a great revolution in rose breeding by introducing the repeat flowering factor into once-flowering European roses.
In my garden ‘Old Blush’ flowers best in the cold weather. A treat when most of the other roses are resting.

10/06/2023

This is a Black Taro Flower. Quite stunning. We have a huge Black Taro clump at the bottom of our garden. This is the first time I’ve ever seen it flower. They like wet soil.

10/06/2023

Tomato Siberian flowering in my glasshouse.

01/06/2023

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21/05/2023

These are Yacon flowers. They looked so pretty this morning with the blue sky. Yacon is grown for the edible roots. The flowers are a bonus.

12/05/2023

This year I sowed some cold tolerant tomato plants.
Siberian and Sub Arctic Plenty.
They will survive the winter temperatures but may not fruit until the days lengthen more in Spring.
We will grow a couple of each variety in the glasshouse and in a sheltered sunny spot near the house. I have a few more plants available on The Barrow. They are much bigger now and potted up. This picture was taken in April.

12/05/2023

Autumn flowers in bud: Iris, Crepuscule Rose and Jayne Austin Rose, with a few rose hips, a Hydrangea, and Banksia Rose foliage. The following post shows the blooms fully opened.