An introduction to horticulture

Welcome to our garden. This is a picture of it just as we were moving in. The two big trees are fig trees.

It used to be a well cared for allotment type plot, with lots of different types of vegetables. A warning to the kids: It's a jungle out there.

Then it became strewn with weeds and random plantations. We are still in the midst of finding out what's growing where and when.

Josh found some grapes growing from the vine, quite sour though.

 Taking a trim of the overgrown fig trees. There were gates and fences surrounding the vegetable plot.



 There was an old glass house which many of our friends still insist we should have kept. Being naive gardeners, we were more atune to the aesthetic than practical.
Once spring arrived, our spirits were slightly lifted. Peonies of assorted colours started popping out of the ground, all by themselves, much to our delight.





The little white splashes of a flower are known as pinks, although they are really white. They have a strong pleasant aroma.

After a few months' of hard work, the grounds begin to take a slightly more appeasing form. A better,  under control growth was in check.

 The white peonies smell really fragrant, with a tinge of pink in the middle.



Flowers indeed last but a day, indeed beauty is fleeting.

To blossom to its fullness for a while. 



The poppy above was the first to open today, after months of anticipation, and Josh plucked it eagerly to show it to me. Elation or desperation, I swung between the two.

Giving dad a helping hand with taking down the shed, pronounced as "hh-eee-dd" by him. Amazing what kids learn through observation.