Heavenly Orange Blossom

This must be one of my most favourite smells in the garden - orange blossom. This orange tree, having produced a huge crop of sweet, pip-free, largeish fruit all winter, but paced so I could pick one a day until they were done, is now making an enormous quantity of flowers, hopefully for next year's crop. But quite honestly, worth it for the flowers alone.



Vitamin C for Winter

They say that vitamin C is good for warding off colds, and what better way to get it than with a fresh orange?! Such a great crop I've got this year, it seems like the tree has finally got old enough to produce. Last year I only got about 6 oranges in total.

Winter Fecundity

The persimmons are almost finished, just a few left for the birds. Although, as we are in quarantine at the moment, for the Queensland fruit fly, I can't give away any of this fruit to anyone who is not also in 'zone'.

The persimmon leaves are all turning red, will be just beautiful in a couple of weeks I expect.

And the oranges! A totally bounteous crop! The best ever. Both these trees have been sprayed weekly by MPI for the fruit fly, so technically no longer organic. Thems the breaks....