Catching Up

Lots going on the yard, especially since our temps are still pretty mild for this time of year.

Here's a shot of the best looking pomegranate out of the bunch. A lot of them are undersized and/or are splitting, but this one looks like it's ripening nicely. These bushes are barely four feet tall, however, so I'm sure as the years go by, they'll be better producers.

This group of grapes on the north side of the yard turned into raisins while I was out of town. Funny how quickly they ripen. Given how young this vine is, they could have just aborted, who knows.

My larger vine, however, is still holding four or five small clusters like this one. I could have sworn this was a Thompson's Seedless, but they're starting to turn purple, so it must be a Flame or Fantasy variety.

The lemon is growing maybe ten lemons this year, best I can tell. I might get another smaller crop to bloom when the monsoon hits, but it definitely looks like a resting year, after last years crop of 50+ lemons.



The tangerine is holding onto these four guys, and have put out another two or three additional ones since. The tree is so young that I'm having a hard time figuring our how frequently to water it, so I wouldn't be surprised if this fruit gets dropped out of stress.



After threatening to cut my dwarf orange down, it's decided to produce again this year. I have about 7 or 8 that are about this size now, so they should mature in December.

I decided to hack my feather leaf cassia bushes nearly to the ground this afternoon, to give the citrus some additional sunlight. Here are the lemon and blood orange.

And here is the tangerine, cloaked by the lantana in the background.

The lang jujube is still maturing. Here are two. They are elongated, compared to the li variety, which is more rounded. Time will tell if either tree holds its fruit through the month of June. Usually they drop them during the worst of the heat, and then produce a mature crop in November, when the weather is more favorable.

And finally, my canna are coming up pretty well in the shade of the mesquite.