====== Garden ====== Bad Abbach - Recycling opening times: [[http://www.bad-abbach.de/de/markt-bad-abbach/buergerinfo/abfallentsorgung.html|opening times]] ===== Garden Diary ===== == 14 Jul 2022 == Bought 5 more Fruit trees in Turlough * Apple - Jonagold * Apple - James Grieve * Apple - Cox's Orange Pippin * Plum * Cherry and Rosemary, Dill, Chives, Sage, Oregano == Mar 2022 == Portland - Skyline : Planted Queen Cox and 2 Honeycrisp, Plum, and elderflower as well as Oyster Mushrooms == July 2021 == Planted 2 James Grieve in Ballydrum Only other survivor being Cox's Orange Pippin (Elster and Jonagold dead) Blueberry bush & Thyme == 05 Jan 2021 == Planted apple trees in Ballydrum Cox Pippin, Elstar and Jonagold {{:garden:screen_shot_2021-01-06_at_7.20.35_pm.png?400|}} == 03 Mar 2017 == Tips on pruning a mature pear tree\\ == 09 Aug 2016 - dob == Garden completely out of control - cutting back frantically (including trees - and at borders to neighbours - some comments already) === 3.7.2012 === Harvested Cherries from larger Cherry tree, Raspberries, wild strawberries and Red Currants.\\ {{:garden:harvest-startjuly.jpg?460}}\\ Some pears on tree - still small and hard.\\ Pink Roses beside pond in bloom. Trimming back some hedges where things look overgrown - which is most of the garden! ===== Plants ===== Planted on 2. Nov at front of house \\ Tulips frühlingstraum april...may \\ Narzissen carlton march...april \\ Crocuses grossblütige krokusse ... march **Edible** * Cherry Tree (Mr. Tree) * Small cherries are ready early in May and fall to the ground. Not so sweet. (2013 end May?) * Cherry Tree - Larger tree at back. * Bloom - early May * Larger, sweeter cherries. Ready for eating end June/start July. Need to be plucked from Tree. * Large Apple Tree * Smaller Apple Tree * Kiwi Plant September * Walnut Tree * Pear Tree - End August * Raspberries (come 2 times in the year Early July & as late as November ) ** Flowers ** * Crocusses come after the snow melts (Start March) - beside flower * Magnolia Beginning/Mid April - ~1 week in bloom * Tulips - April/early May * Cherry Tree (Mr. Tree) * Bloom - end April - gone by MID May * Pfingstrosen - end May - front of house and in front of sandbox bed, ornamental cherry tree in back garden) * by end of garden has exploded to life! * Roses * pink (small and large) flowering until * red * Pfingstrosen ===== Start - July 2012 ===== Starting page to keep track of things in the garden and note things we learn as we go along. Motivation is to build a calendar of when the different plants bear fruit / blossom and document what we learn about cutting/trimming/taking care of plants.