How does my garden grow?

July is one of the coldest months in Melbourne. The mid-winter solstice has passed and now we can see the result. On one of the few sunny days this July my solar electricity system generated 3KwH. This is better than I expected, but then again most of June and now July consisted of grey overcast days with negligible generation.
My son came out of hiding in his room yesterday to dig over part of the vegie garden. It has been overtaken by weeds growing as a result of a poor choice of mulch. Consequently the bok choi, cauliflower, coriander, lettuces etc have suffered. Never mind -the rest will do the garden good.
The Lime, Lemon and Lemonade trees have been fruitful. Even though the trees are small, the citrus is very welcome at this time of year for hot lemon green tea and other sweeter delights. The Tangelo is absolutely laden as per usual, but the fruit is still quite tart and full of seeds. I normally leave the fruit on the tree until Aug-Sep and use them for juice.
My Camellia's are still blooming beautifully as well as a couple of azaleas. And the jonquils provide another spot of cover. All this to help lighten the mood in a grey, cold and now windy winter. The Magnolia buds are starting to bloom and there are still a couple of roses blooming.
Now is the time to prune them and watch the new growth begin again.
Thus the circle of life continues.

Harvest time

In Melbourne, I find that this is the best harvest time for the garden. At this time of year the vegie garden is producing lots of good stuff, from peas, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuces, asian greens and almost broad beans. These last plants are so tall the recent wind has caused a sizeable lean.
My freezer is now home to 8 cauliflowers and the family is getting sick of cauliflower soup. The heads have been large and pretty free of insects which makes processing them easier.
The lawn has grown lush and rank with weeds. However, there will be several sizeable brown spots due to the ongoing saga of tree cutting following the August storm. Hopefully we will be able to move the 2 stumps out of the way this weekend, plant another couple of native trees and back fill with the leaves of the fallen trees as a coarse mulch. That way the recent reasonable rain can do its magic in the dry soil.
None too soon as the Weather men predict an unusually fine weekend. Melbourne at this time of year often fools one into thinking summer is on its way. In a couple of weeks time it will probably throw a last frost or two.
How is your garden faring?