Swiss Cheese plant - Monstera Deliciosa

Monstera,monstera.

Still no fruit, however I have palnted another half dozen underneath the limes lemons and limonquats - along with strawberries.

The monstera was one of my first plants as a child, that along with coleus and geraniums. I soon graduated to tomatoe seedlings, named chrysant and dhalia cuttings. Well I could sell these via some shops that my mother and grandmother owned.

How time passes - when I have planted monsteras for their fruit.

There has been a chaotic route to arrive at this idylic spot in life.

The fruit takes some 9 months to rippen, and as of yet I have not even seen glimpse of a flower. They say the fruit taste like Jackfruit, which is all well if you know jack,thankfully the internet is a place of resources and it also tastes like pineapple.

I did latin at school and deliciosa sounds pretty scrumptious, i'll be patient and wait. And i'll probably plant some more. I like the leaves for flower arrangements and the will give more shade for the strawberries.

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what a flymo dm does

And this is what the flymo dm does best. Not a brute of a machine, more of a gentle help.

Flymo DM

I got this machine when I was 14 and it has satyed with me since then.

Trbajos de enero

Trabajos de enero.

A light rotavation of the soil - top 10cm- to aireate and prepare for planting. This spring i am not going to put any more manure on the plots. They have, for 5 years, had chicken , horse and bull manure and a lorry load or two of recycled compost in overadequate proprtions.

Take out all peppers and tomatoes that are in the greenhouses.

Plant onions, lettuce, and brassicas. Sow tomatoe seeds and lots and lots of marigolds. Raddishes do well at this time of the year and sow all herb seeds.

Prune grapes apples pears roses

brico consejo - a plant pot helps

Hard at work redoing a garden for some clients.

Brico consejo del mes - si vas a transplantar a una planta una maceta ayuda.

Blooming wonderful!!

The 1st of November is probably the most important date in the contiental florist's calender. Throughout Europe people flock to the cemetries ladden with flowers for thier near and dear ones.
The chrysanthemums which we have planted in net covered green house thingy have provided and oustanding harvest this year. In the foto is Tia Maria with the variety "Anastasia" just in front. This plant alone provided 20 full size single blooms. She provides me with eggs and cakes, and was the lady that fitted my kilt.

garden maitenance or bad thought process??

I maintain a large school not too far from where i live. It amazes me the stupidty of the design of the green or garden area.
Surrounding the concrete playing fields there are mature oilve trees, the olives when ripe fall and are like marbles for the kids to play football on. Maybe that is the secret of why the Spanish National football team are current world and football campions.
Eucalyptus trees have alson been planted, they stand at some 12m and constanly shed bark and branches regularly fall, on top of the goals. I presume Iker Casillas trained there and that is why he is so slight of foot.
The public car-park has those stupid flower beds - those of some 40cm broad, which only serve as rubbish collectors.
I suppose there must be something in the rumour that the original design was comissioned by some cousin of Paco who's kids don't go to that school.