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Bermy · 24th February 2008, 11:02 AM

We've got a tiny 600sq' cottage, with a walled garden, outside the wall about an acre of grass, trees and shrubs.

Surinam Cherry that is covered in blossom right now, we'll be loaded in cherries in about a month. The birds will get to them on the ground and be staggering around tipsy!

Loquats, picked ten gallons already, next round is ripening as we speak.

Albizzia - two nice big ones, shade for the sitting out area and practice tree, also good for entertaining small guests...hook up a cambium saver, harness and blakes and let 'em loose!

Paw paws, ripe now, eat em for breakfast most mornings, nice with lemon and brown sugar..

A nice red mulberry I grew from a cutting, its about seven years old and well over 12', just pruned it.

A small Poinciana we brought over in a barge from the mainland, I rescued it from a construction site...doing well now eight years on.

Bermuda Cedars, Bermuda Palmettos, Olivewood... doing my bit for local conservation.

Match-me-can (Alcalypha), allspice, pittosporum, fiddlewood, mexican pepper, hibiscus, oleander etc. etc. in the hedgerows and scrubland.

Anole lizards, bluebirds (babies in the box last year), cardinals, vireos, goldfinch, warblers, owls, kiskadees(yellow bandits) and a blasted mob of starlings!!!

Down at the dock there are parrotfish, bright green and brown; mullet, houndfish, cowfish, black joes, slippery dicks, grey snapper, grunts, hogfish...shall I go on?

24th February 2008, 11:02 AM	#32 (permalink)
Bermy Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bermuda Posts: 67	Re: So, What's In Your Garden? We've got a tiny 600sq' cottage, with a walled garden, outside the wall about an acre of grass, trees and shrubs. Surinam Cherry that is covered in blossom right now, we'll be loaded in cherries in about a month. The birds will get to them on the ground and be staggering around tipsy! Loquats, picked ten gallons already, next round is ripening as we speak. Albizzia - two nice big ones, shade for the sitting out area and practice tree, also good for entertaining small guests...hook up a cambium saver, harness and blakes and let 'em loose! Paw paws, ripe now, eat em for breakfast most mornings, nice with lemon and brown sugar.. A nice red mulberry I grew from a cutting, its about seven years old and well over 12', just pruned it. A small Poinciana we brought over in a barge from the mainland, I rescued it from a construction site...doing well now eight years on. Bermuda Cedars, Bermuda Palmettos, Olivewood... doing my bit for local conservation. Match-me-can (Alcalypha), allspice, pittosporum, fiddlewood, mexican pepper, hibiscus, oleander etc. etc. in the hedgerows and scrubland. Anole lizards, bluebirds (babies in the box last year), cardinals, vireos, goldfinch, warblers, owls, kiskadees(yellow bandits) and a blasted mob of starlings!!! Down at the dock there are parrotfish, bright green and brown; mullet, houndfish, cowfish, black joes, slippery dicks, grey snapper, grunts, hogfish...shall I go on? __________________ Keep smiling, people will wonder what you are up to! (especially if you're gunning a chainsaw!)