Lady Lunchalot

Just quietly, I’m quite excited.

I went out into my backyard to get a lemon (for a well deserved post-house-cleaning glass of Frangelico) and I spotted something I’ve been wanting to see for aaaages.

A flower on my passionfruit vine!

It’s been a long time coming. I planted this vine about 18 months ago and have seen two summers come and go without any flowers, which of course, means no fruit. Only months after planting it, the vine grew and grew like something from The Day of the Triffids - from the feeble baby stalk I once planted it now sprawls all over our back fence like a lazy teenager with an Xbox. Does this mean my little Nelly Kelly vine has finally hit puberty?

In other exciting news (stay with me here) today I discovered that the crabapple tree in my front yard is not a crabapple tree at all. The apples are actually quite delicious if they are left to ripen properly on the tree. You see, with all my extensive horticultural knowledge, I had been picking the apples when they were still green (thinking they were green apples) and they tasted terrible, so I thought they must be crabapples.

Genius, I know. But they never seemed to survive the birds or the wind to stay on the tree long enough to ripen!

Today, however, I spotted a bullheaded little apple that just wouldn’t say die. A lone cheery splash of colour high up in the branches! I managed to knock it down with a broom and cut off a piece. Tasted just like an apple should!

I guess I should have realised that if the birds were eating the fruit, they must be on to a good thing.

Does anyone know how I’d find out what kind of apple tree it is?