Who gets first bite of the cherry?

This week's excitement at our place was focused on the orchard. Now, I know you're not meant to let the trees fruit in their first year but we really didn't notice this sneaky cherry growing down near the trunk of the tree until it was too late (or just right, one or the other!)

The first cherry on the lapin tree.

Cherry-grower's rapture.

Overall the fruit trees are looking good and hopefully we'll have some lovely fruit next year.

And in the flower/herb garden the gladiolus are flowering...

...so there's a bit of colour around the place.

And some snap dragons too.

We have lettuces and rocket in & going gang-busters thanks to Ed & Tracy who started these ones off in their aquaponics.

The tomatoes are being kept company by some more sunflowers (they make me happy).

There are tomatoes on the tomato plants compliments of Mr Sibbing.

And oka or New Zealand yam thanks to Phil & Kate (it's becoming a real communal thing this garden).

I was very excited to see the first corn coming up - I've never grown corn before & I LOVE it so I hope we get a decent crop.

I also have purple basil coming along but it's been slow going, I think it might need feeding.

Apparently I didn't learn my lesson from the beetroot seed thrown in too close together & have done the same with these iceberg lettuces. I'll have to prick them out & spread them around to other parts of the garden.

This grew all on it's own - my bet is on pumpkin.

The zucchini seedlings have flowers already.

We still have plenty of beetroot and this weekend I made beetroot chutney, a recipe of my own devising! :)

And I'm hoping the cantaloupe kick on soon, they're don't look entirely happy.

BUT... in all that, who does get the first bite of the cherry? We do!