Re: First Rains and Early Fall bloomers
- Subject: Re: First Rains and Early Fall bloomers
- From: A* L*
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:48:36 +0000
david feix wrote:
>
> I wonder if others are experiencing unseasonally early
> blooming of the typical fall/winter things?
It also helps that
> raccoons and squirrels don't immediately destroy the
> new plantings, as they are determined to do in my own
> garden.
>
> Sorry for the ramble, just thought I'd share some
> thoughts on what is blooming now.
>
>England's a bit weird too, but then it usually is but the olive that has done nothing whatever for these past 25 years, yielded a cutting five years ago which last month gave us our first ever baby olive which is very exciting. (comments on the lines of "Oh for heavens sake, get a life" are definitely not invited) Again the saffron which produced two flowers over the same time span has been a great mass of colour this year and we sold the lot. And the Colquhounia which sometimes manages a manky little flower at the base of the branches, has this year been a blaze of crimson. So what's gone right?
No fears of global warming at Arne Herbs, two nights ago we had thick
ice on everything and the Caribbean thyme waiting in the van to go to
market the next day, went black and soggy as did the Mirabilis.
Meanwhile we have been pumping out the gas trying to keep the Aloes,
Cymbopogons and Salvias from going the same way, David's comments about
squirrels reminds me that the Umbellularia has fruited for the first
time ever too and I have a great race every morning to get to the seeds
before the squirrels which usually win. Sometimes the cats get the
squirrels which evens the score a bit but the deer defeat me; anyone out
there got a sabre-toothed tiger in need of a good home?
Anthony
