So while our Roxy snoozed in her favorite chair with her best blankie.
This old gardener took advantage of the little break in the glorious rainfall that we have desperately needed and did some cleanup out in the gardens. The horrific wind storm that is the cause of most of the forest fires that are destroying our beautiful green state also created a mess in the normally tidy gardens here. My banana trees were a tangled mess so I started there, unfortunately almost all the beautiful green leaves had to be cut off leaving just the large stock. But after removing the mess I was surprised to find a flower for the second year in a row.
I spent about an hour cleaning up debris before it started pouring down rain again. While putting my tools back in the garden house I noticed my Kiwi berries looked ripe so I picked the entire crop and brought them in for us to enjoy. They are about the size of a grape and are completely edible, no fuzzy skin to remove.
Happy to read you have finally gotten rain, you surely needed it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Roxy knows best, snug as a bug !I've never eaten Kiwi berries, they look delicious...
~Jo
All of Oregon is breathing a sigh of relief. The miniature kiwi is "Actinidia arguta". and they are so good.
DeleteWell, this eastern, former gardener, didn't recognize either of those plants. I take it you will have bananas this year.
ReplyDeleteNo bananas I'm afraid. They are strictly ornamental as hour growing season is not long enough to produce fruit.
DeleteRoxy looks so content. I have not seen kiwi berries here. Plenty of kiwifruit. So glad to hear you got some rain.
ReplyDeleteWe used to grow the regular kiwi but we seemed to be lazy about peeling the skin and gave most of the fruit away. These little jewels are just as good as the big fuzzy ones but no work.
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