Gardening in December

It's been a while since I've posted about the happenings in my garden.  All the varieties of the tomatoes I have planted are doing well, many blossoms and fruits.  My starfruit tree has several large fruits close to being completely ripe.  Golden Apple aka June Plum, Hog Plum also almost ready to pick.  Brocolli has started produce heads.  Jalapeno and Banana peppers are also fruiting, as well as an Eggplant.  I've recently seeded carrots, nasturniums, spinach and lettuce, some have sprouted, others I will have to try to plant again this weekend.  Here's some pics of current state of affairs.




Starfruit

 




Tomato



Banana Pepper




 

A Handful of Cherries

This is not your typical cherries found in the groceries stores during the summer, these are
Barbados Cherries. However don't be fooled by the name, these cherries not only grow in Barbados, but widely throughout the Caribbean and South America. Growing up these were the only cherries I knew of and I was overjoyed to finally be able to eat them again from my own little cherry tree. Barbados Cherries perish quickly once picked so you will not find often find these for sale. I've own my cherry tree for three years now, it's scraggly and wierd looking, but it hasn't failed to provide me cherries. I attribute the appearance to the fact that I am growing it in a container and inhibiting some of it's development, but I just don't have the yard to really put down roots. Barbados Cherries are an excellent source of Vitamin C, some varieties are extremely tart and while others are sweet, thankfully the fruits on my tree are the sweet type.