POBBLEBONKING?
That's the sound of the pobblebonk frog that lives here.
It may be an ugly little bastard, but it makes a marvellous noise, and gives us hope.
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11 February 2011

nature[strip]'s bounty!

From the nature strip - cherry plums. No idea how old these two trees, one of them now died back completely, but Katie tells me they'll have been the root stock of garden plums. Though there's no guarantee they give good fruit, we've been lucky.
The fruit's a little tart, especially close to the pit, but the ripest ones are succulent, sweet and lovely. And as I discovered, keep for ages, still lovely, in the fridge.












And here's the effect of those extreme rains ...
BEFORE

AFTER

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