Monday, 6 July 2015

July Garden Share Collective all about avocadoes and limes

This is such a wonderfully warm Australian winter with enough rain and plenty of sunshine.
There are so many vegetables and fruit to pick including limes, avocadoes, mandarins, oranges and lettuce.

Chillies, long red cayennes and jalapenos


The middle garden bed is proudly displaying lettuce, rocket and fennel.


Tomatoes of all shapes and sizes are so fresh and delicious.


Where tomatoes grow, so do weeds.  
In this case chickweed is omnipresent and requires continual attention.


I have just picked the first custard apple, it weighs 1.250kg and will taste delicious.


There have been so many limes, continually picked now for 3 months.
I prefer to cook with limes rather than lemons, preferring the sharp citrus flavour of limes.


Lemonades on the dwarf tree, they will be ripe this month.


Cauliflower heads slowly but surely growing.
These look so perfectly white and uniform.


Broccoli heads also growing, still two weeks away from picking
but so green and firm.  They will be delightful.


Spinach, always growing, being picked for us and also as greenage for the chickens.


Look at this Sorrel "Bloody"  I recently purchased.
I have grown the normal sorrel, with a slight lemony flavour but
this sorrel "bloody" has a peppery flavour similar to rocket. 



I love that there is always so much diversity in the winter garden.
Snow pea plants are 60cm high and will soon put out flowers.
Corn is almost ripe for picking.
The citrus are so plump and sweet.

This is part of the Garden Share Collective to see other members gardens it is fascinating seeing with other members grow, click here to see the other Garden Share Collective Members gardens.

Buon appetito, enjoy Merryn xx

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18 comments:

  1. africanaussie6 July 2015 at 22:26

    Oh everything looks so good Merryn - I wish my citrus would provide some fruits.....

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:31

      We have so much citrus there is currently 10 litres of freshly squeezed orange juice in the fridge, that is one thing that grows beautifully in our locality 8)

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  2. lizzie {Strayed Table}7 July 2015 at 00:10

    That custard apple is huge and I bet it will taste so good. Enjoy! I would be making mexican everything if I had loads of limes and avocados - yum.

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:32

      Thanks Lizzie I cut the first custard apple yesterday and it tastes amazing! Yes, I love mexican food too :)

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  3. Anonymous7 July 2015 at 05:17

    I all looks brilliant, and your cauliflower is so snowy white. You know, I've never even tasted a custard apple, and you grow them in your garden!

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:33

      We cut the first cauliflower mid week and it was snow white and delicious. I dont know if you can'grow custard apple in Adelaide as your summers are certainly warm enough 8)

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  4. Janette7 July 2015 at 19:48

    Corn at this time of the year! Custard apples were one of my Mum's favourite fruits, I haven't seen any in the shops for years.

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:34

      That is exactly what my husband said delightedly "Look I picked corn in July". They were sweet enough but the cobs were not quite fully grown.

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  5. Kitchen Riffs8 July 2015 at 09:08

    Wow, you're getting corn? We just getting our local corn now! Love your garden -- so much good stuff going on. Thanks!

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:35

      Thanks John, we are lucky to have such diversity.

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  6. Unknown9 July 2015 at 03:21

    Merryn, your Winter garden is magical. So much goodness on the go! That cauli is divine looking. Lucky you, you will have some more great harvests very soon by the look of your progress. Is that a big custard apple? It sounds big!

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:35

      Thanks Kyrstie we are very lucky to grow such a variety and the custard apples are delicious :)

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  7. Martine @ Chompchomp10 July 2015 at 13:13

    Wowsers I am impressed with your garden's loot! Do you have a property or is this all grown in suburbia?

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    1. Merryn12 July 2015 at 16:37

      Suburbia, two house blocks, about 1400sq.m of land but we grow olive trees on the council strip next to the footpath. Thanks Martine :)

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  8. e / dig in hobart12 July 2015 at 21:35

    sorry I am late to this ... so many great things you have growing now! I am envious! especially of that cauliflower.
    and you make me curious about growing sorrel. must investigate...

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  9. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef12 July 2015 at 21:47

    Every peek at your garden sees me sitting here thinking maybe we should move. I miss my garden so much. Everything looks so good in your garden!

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  10. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella15 July 2015 at 20:56

    I always thought of Winter as such an austere time in the garden but clearly with a bit of sunshine it doesn't have to be. Your cauliflower is picture perfect!

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  11. Sherry's Pickings5 August 2015 at 21:53

    Look at all your fabulous produce. How wonderful to have such bounty in your garden.

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