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Oranges and lemons…the bells of St Clements…

8/8/2015

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Previous posts have had me raving about my garden. Yes, it is a recurrent theme. It is my Zen place. It is my problem solving centre. It is my restoration of good thoughts. It is where I ground myself by touching the dirt and reconnecting with mother earth and wonder at the splendour of Mother Nature…over and over and over. 

Today is no different. In need of some quiet time, after my first week in my new job (more about that in another post), I spent a couple of hours "fluffing around". It is a clear winter's morning. The sky is a fantastic bright blue, only a few clouds dotted above the trees, Max and Connie leisurely following me around.

Yes - just what I needed.
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A variety of trees in the PCH citrus grove

Now the wonder of this year’s winter garden is our citrus grove. We have over 20 citrus trees - all different. And they are so abundant with fruit this season. We have done nothing different except it has been a lot colder. That is the only thing we can think of to explain the bumper crop.
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Cinotto cumquat tree

I picked a variety of bags of fruit to drop off to my favourite marmalade maker.
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Marmalade waiting to be made

A wander around all the flowering plants and trees.  One of the best seasons of magnolias, camellias, euphorbias, hellebores, daphnes and hyacinths peeking up already.

BUT my biggest delight was to find after years of nurturing my first bloom of black hellebores and my first bloom on my tree peony. So excited and such a thrill to see them both shyly making their presence felt.
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Black hellebores hiding their smile and my tree peony peeking out to say hello!


Yes feeling restored again...thanks PCH garden.

DC
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