Well, all but one of my expensive 'sticks' has bloomed. When I say sticks, I mean the fruit trees I bought and have been anxiously waiting for them to flower and greenify. The exception is one raspberry cane, which definitely just looks like a prickly stick.
A few of the trees have flowered and well as growing leaves, and I wonder if they'll actually produce one or two edible cherries, apricots, nectarines, apples, or greengages this year? I proved last year with dear little Figly (the Genoa Fig tree) that I'm unable to pull off fruit in a tree's early formative years simply to encourage growth, so they definitely have to be edible.
In regards to the artichokes mentioned in the previous post, since I last blogged I've had 5 more smaller artichokes to play with. They're wonderful boiled for 20mins in salted water and then eaten with oil and balsamic. Just watch out for the boiled baby slugs curled up in the 'petals'.
As I mentioned in a recent post, I'm having a few image transfer issues. I hope to post photos of the trees and get back to more illustrated blogging soon. What's the fun in just words?!
