Mid-week wander around the garden

With the opportunity to wander around the garden to reconnect with a sense of peace and stillness, I couldn't help noticing how many more beautiful flowers are currently in bloom.

Just to give you perspective on how big those freesias are, I have relatively large hands for a woman. 

The master of the house was keen to join me on my walk outside, but I find it's easier to practice mindfulness when I'm not having to keep an eye on a cat who will try eating plants that he really shouldn't. 

Mini peaches give me a small glimmer hope for fruit in spite of the fact that the trees have leaf curl for a second year running. I sprayed them with lime sulphur in winter, but obviously the unrelenting rain has made the fungus unavoidable. I am relieved to see its not as bad as it was last year though, so I'm cautiously hopeful.

Baby nectarines also make me hopeful. 

Apple blossoms not yet open on my Pinkabelle (columnar Pink Lady) Apple tree. Can't wait! 

Cherry blossoms! If these provide me with any amount of cherries, then I will be netting and guarding them fiercely after losing my meagre first year crop to either birds or possums.

Mini cabbage left to go to seed. I'm pretty impressed with how long it resisted going to seed - I planted this in August 2015, and it's only in the last month or so that it started bolting.

My largest picking of snow peas to date. I ate them raw as a pre-dinner snack. Yummo.