Flora and Fauna

Alive and thriving are several fruit trees including the miraculous black current that Dean planted bare rooted in November. Our largest chinese elm (shop bought) is Dean’s height. The olive tree although hidden by rampant weed growth is looking fine and doing the slow grow that olives do. The chinese elms from cuttings from Orizabah are still with us, as are the Japanese irises, a few sturdy looking young plane trees and a stoic oak or two.