I'm sorry, I missed a fortnight again! At this rate @riverflows is going to have to change the thumbnails again to "monthly". I hope your May gardening has been amazing. I'm enjoying seeing the activity from the northern hemisphere growing again as it heads into summer.
In the southern hemisphere we're heading into winter, but over in the north spring is nearly over and soon it will be summer. For the seedlings that have been adorning @goldenoakfarm's windows while it was still too cold for the outdoors, it's now time for them to move out. It's incredible how resourceful people in colder climates can be at making the most of a short growing season. I wonder if there was even a free window in the house all spring.
Bees do a huge amount of work in our gardens and as @scoutroc noticed, their absence leads to lower yields. So he decided to kill two birds with one stone (honey and fruit abundance) by getting a beehive this year. I'm looking forward to seeing how the bee adventures continue and if there will indeed be both honey and fruit abundance in their future.
In a conversation between two organic fruit growers, one from South Australia and the other from the UK, they each declared that the most important thing for an abundant harvest was something different. For the British grower it was sun and for the South Australian grower it was water. The very things that the other grower lacked in their own climate. @bigorna1 is in a hot climate, so I can see why water sources and their management are incredibly important, especially when you have such a large property. There are some great types here on making the most of and conserving water.
What better way to wrap up this newsletter than by taking a stroll with @nikv through an incredible prehistoric looking garden. It's amazing the variety of gardens that can be created and even heading into winter this is still spectacular to see.
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