September 2025 — Spring has sprung!
September saw our driveway framed by Manchurian Pears (Pyrus ussuriensis for the formal Latin-speaking horticultural folk) flipping from bare bones at the start of the month, to wedding-worthy white confetti flowers the next week, to lime-green leaves the following week. If we blinked, we would have missed it! It reminds me of a podcast series “In the Kitchen Garden with Mickey Robertson” I discovered a few years ago, from which I learnt the term “ephemeral”, meaning “lasting for a very short time”. It seems the sense of privilege experiencing the beauty of nature is heightened when the star attraction is ephemeral. The joy of our morning walks is heightened in the ephemerality of spring — flowers blossom one day and the next they are gone. The delights of gardening! If only the lawn-mowing for the next few months was ephemeral!
Our garden club members had our September meeting at “The Rustic Nest”, opposite (and part of) the Angel Sussuri Cafe at Yarramalong. What a delightful morning it was, topped off by a yum lunch at Angel Sussuri Cafe — those whispering Angels served up a treat! Thank you to our club member Robyn for organizing the event! One of the great things about our club is that everyone contributes in many different ways — many hands make light work!
Our competition entries this month included lots of interesting natives, exotics, and fruit/vegetables.
Back at home in our garden during September the spring bulbs and lavender are flowering, all the stonefruit blossom has come, pollinated, and gone, and green leaves are popping out everywhere while the citrus has gone into massive blossom.
The last of the citrus especially grapefruit has been harvested, with grapefruit marmalade and grapefruit bitters (superb as a tonic-alternative for a G&T) coming out of the kitchen. Parsley and coriander and other herbs along with peas and lettuce are at their prime.
