Do I Smell Christmas in the Garden

Coming home after two weeks was like coming home to a whole new property not because it is now an award winning property in fact the house did not look aware that it won an award, it was still standing there gracefully as usual waiting for me to relax and enjoy just being home

 

Explosions of Hydrangeas

The garden did what gardens do best, grow. The garden is getting ready for Christmas with the Hydrangeas and Agapanthus coming into flower. My memory of the garden at Christmas is big bushes of Hydrangeas brightening up shady spots in the garden with their profusion of pinks and blues. The Agapanthus are flowering everywhere , on traffic islands and along the road between Robertson and Bonnievale.

The vegetable garden is preparing for the Christmas table with a selection of vegetables coming into season that will grace the lunch and dinner table with dishes complimented with fresh organic vegetables.

 

What is for Lunch?

The orchard smells of ripening fruit and the Christmas plums hang like red baubles on the tree.

 

It is the season for celebrating life and what better way to celebrate it than with the produce from your own garden.