Firstly -- another mystery plant... Can anybody ID this one for me?
Life is starting to get hectic now. The
scaffolding was delivered yesterday. Now we just have to put it up. We are looking for somebody with a JCB to do some ground works for us -- does anybody in the area have a recommendation of a good JCB operator?
Sunrise one day last week:
I know this just looks like yet another egg, but this egg, laid last Wednesday, was the 9th egg of the day (found for me by
Georginia) -- and it was the first time we've had 9 eggs in a single day this year -- which means that all the hens are laying...
Now the duck eggs: We've only had two so far, and then she seems to have stopped, but Bridget says that she won't lay continuously like the hens so, so I'm not worried. They are much richer than the hen eggs and more gelatinous if that makes any sense. In this measuring cup, the two on the sides are the duck eggs, and the top and bottom are the hen eggs -- see how much more clearly defined the duck eggs seem?
The ram lamb celebrated his two week birthday last Thursday -- he has
grown an incredible amount in a very short period of time!
This morning it was bright and clear up top, but lots of mist and fog hanging lower down in the valley...
Assorted eggs:
Life is starting to get hectic now. The scaffolding was delivered yesterday. Now we just have to put it up. We are looking for somebody with a JCB to do some ground works for us -- does anybody in the area have a recommendation of a good JCB operator?
Sunrise one day last week:
I know this just looks like yet another egg, but this egg, laid last Wednesday, was the 9th egg of the day (found for me by Georginia) -- and it was the first time we've had 9 eggs in a single day this year -- which means that all the hens are laying...
Now the duck eggs: We've only had two so far, and then she seems to have stopped, but Bridget says that she won't lay continuously like the hens so, so I'm not worried. They are much richer than the hen eggs and more gelatinous if that makes any sense. In this measuring cup, the two on the sides are the duck eggs, and the top and bottom are the hen eggs -- see how much more clearly defined the duck eggs seem?
The ram lamb celebrated his two week birthday last Thursday -- he has grown an incredible amount in a very short period of time!
This morning it was bright and clear up top, but lots of mist and fog hanging lower down in the valley...
Assorted eggs:
6 comments:
I'm not sure about your mystery plant, but it could be a Japonica aka Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa). If it is, you can use the yellow fruits to make quince jelly in the autumn!
Nice blog by the way.
You might be right -- the flowers do look very similar. I don't remember seeing any fruit on it last autumn, but then again, I wasn't specifically looking. Will try to watch this year. It's not actually mine however -- it's on my neighbour's side of the boundary -- so not sure if I should really be stealing fruit off it! :)
I was going to guess quince too...and if it is, and you want fruit, you might need another variety (nearby) for it to cross with ...sort of like apple trees. I only get a few quince fruits on my bush, but a neighbor told me to clip a branch from another variety and bring it home and hang it in my bush if I want fruit. It has to be in bloom (of course).
Ah right -- well maybe the solution would be for us to plant our own quince then, and hope that theirs cross-pollinates ours?
It is a Japanese Quince, also known as 'Japonica' - There's one outside the Angel pub!
Re not helping yourself to someone else's fruit - perhaps your neighbour would be glad to let you have them if you promise to share the resultant quince jelly with them.
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