Saturday in the garden
I’ve planted watermelons. Little round black ones, if the photo on the seed packet is to be believed, chosen for small fruit in the Japanese style. Small fruit has several advantages. They are lighter – on this steep slope, large fruit might pull off the vine. Also, smaller fruit fit in the fridge better.
Something is munching on this Asian lettuce, yet hasn’t touched the iceberg lettuce next to it.
Closer inspection reveals grubs under the leaves. Sorry about the focus but it’s a phone camera and the auto-focus latched onto the leaf edges further back. It’s not great for macro photography.
Elsewhere things are thriving. Plants, I mean. Obviously those grubs were thriving. I sprayed them with Rogor. Tomorrow we’ll see whether they’re thriving or composting. This plant’s a write-off, but I don’t want them spreading.
My rosemary, healthy but somehow dormant for so long, has finally decided to grow. It’s very plump and green but I think it likes drier conditions than the rest of this bed, and should probably be elsewhere.
The lemon thyme is blooming.
And here are some shots of the river. As you can see we are in dire need of a slasher.
Looking west along the high bank shoulder, across the neighbour’s yard. They turfed their weedy desert, and now ours looks ratty by contrast.
