Friday, April 9, 2021

AUTUMN

 It feels quite autumnal today.  We had an unexpected shower this morning and then went out and did some heavy pruning (mainly cutting back some Tea tree) that was encroaching on  a punga fern, a guava and our lemon tree.  We also did some mulching.  

While we were doing this I was cooking some vegetables for a cream soup - two types of sweet potato, squash, carrot, a small beetroot, onion, garlic, potato, red lentils, cooked in stock.

We ended up having a late lunch (our main meal) then I whizzed the vegies  up with a stick mixer.  We will be having it for our evening meal shortly.

Bobby seems to be progressing well and is quite relaxed.



Our cream and red roses continue to bloom.  



The dahlias are just about finished.  They are about 4 feet high.


Still a bit more trimming to do on the tea tree but the other plants now have some light.



The finished soup.  It almost looks like tomato although there is none in it.  It is the small amount of beetroot giving it the colour.  I will heat some up right now for our meal.



6 comments:

  1. Love Bobbie's relaxed look, wish I could relax like the cats, it's so easy for them.
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    1. Relaxing is one of his specialities. Either like that or just anywhere on the carpet. He is not interested in a basket.

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  2. Bobby looks very relaxed indeed. Nice to see a photo of him. Your garden is full of colour. Beautiful.

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    1. The roses always put on a good display as do the dahlias.

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  3. Love your dahlias. We only have one but it was a bit of a disappointment this year, only growing to about 18" and having few flowers. Maybe next year it will be better.

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    1. When Doug bought the house 9 years ago it was a bare section. He would have planted the dahlias shortly afterwards and they have just been left to their own devices.

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