passion fruits are here

So, one of the first things i had to do when i got to israel is to check my passion fruit bushes. I helped plant one of them last year when i was here, so that they would pollinate and we would get fruits. wow, what a year has supplied. they were left untended for 2 months, and there were hundreds of passionfruits laying around on the ground. i would say about 25% of them were perhaps still good, so noa took the fruit out…

First Harvest

so we have been eating salad and a mix of herbs all season so far, but that’s nothing spectacular. the arugula has been bitterly disappointing too, literally way too bitter. anyways, i did not start my garlic’s from seed, i was way to late to the game to do that, this year ill plant some in august or so when you are supposed too. but, i did get some seedling plants, and we ate their scapes, so tasty, and it came around time to harvest…

BONSAI!

I took a bonsai class at Sunny Bonsai last weekend. a great 2h class for beginners. i learned lots, and had a blast. so, i got a few starter seedling tree’s, to learn some things. and i had dug up a hazelnut tree seedling a few weeks , and i wanted to try to bonsai it also. so, here we go. a seedling, which i forget the name of the roots roots cut in its new pot and shaped. CUTE! and the two other bonsai’s…