Aww they grow up fast dont they...

Im well known for having a low tolerence for peoples baby pictures. While im not so rude.....or foolhardy, as to turn away an advancing granma with piccies of her "lil precious", i just dont DO disney moments. Show me pictures of the growth in your GARDEN however and ill be all ears, and eyes and whatever other bits are required!
To me its magical how a garden can grow from a few insignificant isolated plants, into a burgeoning garden in a matter of weeks! It astonishes me every time.....this also explains why, EVERY year i end up with rampant tomato plants taking over the deck, as i always, and i mean ALWAYS, forget how big they get.

Honey Babe peaches

With that in mind i have a few progress pictures of the garden, mostly of the fruit on the fruit trees, and in one case. OFF the fruit tree.
These are the latest harvest off the Honey Babe peach. Thus far weve had about, including these, eight fruit, and there are still fruit on the tree. This little tree has done so well for me, as this is only its second year here, and it fruited well its first year too. Theres something truly magical about harvesting your own peaches. The fruit look so perfect, and so beautiful, and the scent is something else again! Fresh, ripe peaches have a wonderful peach fragrance, and the whole tree smells terrific when the fruit is ready. Im seriously considering getting another one of this lovely little tree.

Garden Belle

The pear is doing well too, and also has some sizable fruit on it. It also flowered again a few weeks ago, and so has more fruitlets coming on as well. This Garden Belle tree is very attractive, especially when in blossom as it just gets covered in white flowers, and looks so pretty. I bought the tree as an experiment, as i love pears, but didnt think id ever have enough room to grow one of my own as theyre big trees. This, though is a dwarf pear, so i thought id give it a try, and so far im well pleased that i did, Ill be even more pleased if i manage to get some of the several fruits on it, to actual eating stage! Atm theyre a fair size but not ripe enough to take in for finishing off indoors. The trick with pears is knowing when to take them off the tree, as pears dont ripen fully on the tree. Usually you bring them in when they seperate from the tree without effort. You then need to take them indoors to finish ripening. Not there yet, though.

Montys Surprise

The apples all have some good sized fruit on them too, especially the Montys Surprise. Those are BIG apples, particularly on a small tree. These apples are said to be good for eating and cooking, and going on the size alone i think theyd make good cookers. Ive never tried the variety before so im feeling my way with this one. Thus far the fruits are green with an amber/red blush, and quite a squat, flattened form in the fruit.

Gala 

The Golden Delicious also had a second flowering a few weeks back, like Garden Belle, and has a few new fruitlets as well as the developed fruit. This tree only has a few fruit on it this season, but it looks like we might actually get something from them. The Gala on the other hand has several fruit on it and a couple of them are good sized.

Ballerina apple

This is growing into a nice little tree, but i think im going to have to be vigilant about pruning it, as its put on a lot of growth this year, and i dont want it breaking branches. Id also like it to fruit well next season, and according to everyone, pruning is the way to do that. The quiet achiever in all this growth, is the Ballerina apple. Like the Golden Delicious, this was really slow to get started this year, and was, like the GD, under threat of removal at the beginning of the season as it hadnt even produced leaves when everything else had set fruit. Its made up for lost time now though, with luxuriant foliage, and even some good sized fruits.
And just to illustrate how FAST things change in the garden, this is a picture of the lettuces i planted recently, the day after they went out i think, and then, a picture of the same lettuces 2weeks after.

lettuces today

                                                                                                               

Lettuces then