Cactus Flower

Yesterday afternoon the children announced that a small cactus in our garden was about to flower.  On closer inspection it sure was!  I hadn't even notice that it had a bud on it before they mentioned it, oops!

9.30pm

7am

Flossy stayed up as late as she could manage to try to see the bud open but it wasn't quite open at her bedtime.  She was afraid it was a one night only flower as Nana & Poppy have a cactus that flowers for one night only and you wouldn't want to miss it, stunning!  She was up early and headed straight outside to see if the flower was still alive.  To her delight it was still alive and looking even better than it did last night!

Backyard Pics

Back patio.

Water feature which we plan to put fish in once we give it an overhaul.

Side garden complete with citronella and aloe vera plants.

View of yard from corner near shed.

View of yard from other corner.

View of yard from 'dead wall' side of house.

Our fruiting banana palm.

'Dead wall' side of the house with water tank.

Fruit trees we have include -

Lime

Cumquat

Banana

Grapes - several

Passionfruit - several

Pomegranate

Guava

Paw Paw

Fig

Mandarine

Lemon

Nectarine

Vegetable plants are too numerous to name :)

Garden Produce

Rusty and the kids picked these from our new garden this morning. 4 zucchini's, 1 jap pumpkin, 20 red & green capsicum.

Finally at the new place

Yesterday was the big day! The truck arrived just before lunch and the weather managed to hold off just long enough for them to unload.

We are all enjoying the space of the new house. It is wonderful! The backyard is flat, grassy and packed full of fruit and vegetable plants. Inside is light and bright with neutral decor.

Today saw the unpacking of the kitchen so we managed a simple homecooked meal for dinner. Having the groceries delivered was a godsend and I would recommend it to anyone moving house.

Garden Produce

Our vegetable garden has been sadly neglected since we found out we were moving. It has received little water and certainly no weeding attention but it still managed to produce a few things, 5 butternut pumpkin and 5 small corn cobs picked today.