The Family have an orchard as part of the 5 acres in which The House (and The Cottage) stands. It's not the sort of orchard that surrounds the property which are cultivated apple trees but an old fashioned garden orchard with a mix of fruits including apricots, plums, lemons and the inevitable hedge of feijoa. My principle interest is the plentiful and never-ending supply of lemons for my morning cups of hot water and lemon (and the occasional gin and tonic!).
So today I am thankful for the fact that I live amongst such restful beauty and have a plentiful supply of wholesome truly organic lemons.
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The garden/orchard looks so peaceful...I could hitch a hammock to those trees and lie and read a book all day.
ReplyDeleteWho am I kidding, I'd probably jump up after an hour and start pottering around the garden.
Hot lemon water is a good thing to wake the stomach up in the morning... gin and tonic works too.
Virginia G n T at 6.30 in the morning would certainly wake my stomach up! Might not wake me up though!
DeleteLovely indeed. Who cuts the grass?
ReplyDeleteJill the ride-on mower is Wendy's province. I'm not sure that anyone else apart from Jamie occasionally has ever managed to have a go. It's Wendy's time-out time.
DeleteMmmm, beautiful garden. I'm trying to figure out how to pack a lemon tree around in the motorhome! Maybe if I kept trimming it back?
ReplyDeleteIt'd have to be a very tiny one Lisa. In reality lemons are very plentiful in New Zealand but there is something about getting them from one's own orchard.
DeleteThese pictures make me ache with longing for warmer, sunnier days! This time of the year is hard for me to cope with; no matter how many layers of warm clothing I wear, I almost always feel cold, with the exception of when I am under the hot shower or in my bed, covered with the duvet and an extra blanket.
ReplyDeleteHaving your own supply of fresh fruit is wonderful - I see it every year my parents share the harvest of their garden with us.
I'm so sorry Meike but play the Glad Game: your days would be even shorter and darker if you lived on the Isle of Lewis during the winter! Okay I know that doesn't really help but saying it makes me feel that I'm being positive for you.
DeleteDid I read it right? "The occasional gin and tonic" @?!*
ReplyDeleteNuff said x
Oddly, Pat, about the only time I drink a G&T is in company (I'm happy to keep you company Pat!) but I'm lazy and it's much easier to pour wine!
DeleteLike that Spesh1!!!
ReplyDeleteWHen i first came to live in NZ in Auckland at the age of 13, the fact that I could pick grapefruit from the kitchen window and there were lemons and oranges in the garden was unbelievable.
It still seems special - although down here, I get them all at shops as there are none in the garden :( We do try - just too cold in the winter for easy growth.
Coming from Lewis, Fiona, just having so many trees of any sort around me here is astonishing.
DeleteWhat happened to green tea? Don't they have it in NZ?
ReplyDeleteYes Monica we have every tea imaginable here in NZ but I've cut down my tea options at home to Redbush at the moment. First thing in the morning instead of my green tea with lemon I just have fresh lemon with hot water. That could all change any time though.
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