Thread: What's in your garden?

Originally Posted by Stumpy

they would start screaming

....

The sunbirds are back, the pomegranate is in flower and they come to check it out. Another fine picture of a small dark bird:

23 March 2022, Sa Kaeo

^They look nice and healthy compared to my scabby little stragglers


Was in my garden... Then in my kitchen jar...

...a Striped Marsh Frog

Those are the ones that go 'Tok' with a sharp single high pitched call

And finally in my Tom Yum soup.

Only joking, he is alive and kicking

For a few years we kept this area over the back wall sprayed and tidy, now gone for the jungle look apart from a 1m scorched-earth strip alongside the wall.
Bananas and papaya.

It is Spring and a young Garden lizard's thoughts turn to love. Getting into its red mating colours.

^^Nice and jungly Prawns

^That is a ruddy tumescent palor if ever I saw one

A custard apple will be in my garden soon.

Mini Minx wanted to pinch one off my neigbours tree 2 years ago. I went with her after her reconnaissance exercise but the next neighbour along was wandering round so we had to pretend we were not about to steal anything and walk on and the opportunity slipped away.

Then I saw them for sale in Coles.

Bargain and so yummy and I got 20 seeds too.

They do not grow true to type as they are a Mendelian hybrid but I will try and grow them anyway.

Today in my garden there is a huge cock and balls

I cut it just for fun but then the carburettor flooded so it will still be there for the flying instructors and their young trainee pilots to see tomorrow when they are doing their Sunday pilots training course fly overs.

Maybe make a rockery around it and plant some pink and purple flowers inside.

^That one is bigger than mine

The Asparagus Triffid grand florid finale is progressing gradually...

Some pics of the cute little Striped Marsh Frog before his release back to the garden

I've learnt not to raise my hopes too much when walking around the garden on my return home after a work trip.

But I was a bit disappointed to have to point out to the 'gardener' that this tree looked past it's prime.



I saw these two on a lime tree branch... friend or foe?



But some good news... the lemon tree has finally decided to bear fruit. We have about eight big lemons developing and I may have to invest in a bottle of gin to celebrate.

Originally Posted by Mendip

I saw these two on a lime tree branch... friend or foe?

I have no idea what they are. They have a sort of guilty look. Similar to a Stink Bug. Did they have a pong about them?

Originally Posted by Mendip

the lemon tree has finally decided to bear fruit. We have about eight big lemons developing and I may have to invest in a bottle of gin to celebrate.

I have the gin, sadly the few flowers on my Thai lemon trees turned into nothing at all. Maybe we can work something out here.

I believe the going rate is 5 fresh lemons for a bottle of Gordon's?

Originally Posted by Mendip

I believe the going rate is 5 fresh lemons for a bottle of Gordon's?

I only have Bombay Sapphire in 1 litre bottles. I reckon they are worth a lemon tree each.

^ Bottles, plural?

I've never heard of anyone owning more than one gin bottle before. Well posh.

Unlike Gordon's.

They've redesigned their bottles but it's still bog standard gin.

Trumped by Tanq.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Unlike Gordon's.

They've redesigned their bottles but it's still bog standard gin.

Trumped by Tanq.

For me, yes. Gordon's is older, Tanqueray started up later and the two eventually got together at some point. The name of the Royal Warrant holder is Tanqueray Gordon & Company Ltd. Of course it is all Diageo now.

Gordon's is now sold in smaller, 70cl bottles. They sneaked that past an unsuspecting public. Bombay and Tanqueray are still 75cl. Or, when available, 1 litre.

Originally Posted by Mendip

I've never heard of anyone owning more than one gin bottle before.

The opportunity came up to acquire a case. It seemed rude not to.

This fella appeared from the forest looking a bit confused.

Must have taken a wrong turning somewhere as you rarely get kangaroos here.

This is wallaby turf.

Unless it maybe is a Bennett's Wallaby...

Was in my garden...

Now in my kitchen

Got there before the bastard wallaby this year!

Originally Posted by Looper

Got there before the bastard wallaby this year!

Wallabies can eat pineapples? I can only eat one after a deft seller has hacked at it with a machete. The wallaby has risen in my estimation.

Originally Posted by Shutree

Wallabies can eat pineapples? I can only eat one after a deft seller has hacked at it with a machete. The wallaby has risen in my estimation.

Bahahaha

I have seen quite a few of these lizards in our garden lately. Not this color though.

Originally Posted by Looper

Got there before the bastard wallaby this year!

I've got rats and squirrels in my garden... I'd love to have a 'bastard' wallaby hopping about!

Potato flakes next to a bowl of water for the rats.

Or time for a build project with your Daughter:




Air rifle for the squirrels.

Or get a Jack Russell.