Despite that it is still the first week of August it is very early Spring on the Coffs Coast. In the Fernmount Food Forest fruit trees are bursting into flower if they are receiving some northern sun.
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| Amaranth |
All through Winter self sown Amaranth have thrived in a sunny spot.
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| Dwarf White Peach |
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| Seedling White Peach |
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| Brazil (Surinam) Cherry |
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| Low chill Gulf Gold Japanese Plum |
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| Black Mulberry |
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| Loquat |
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| Dwarf White Mulberry |
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| White Sapote |
A few fruit from the previous summer are still ripening. This is our late Tamarillo
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| Tamarillo |
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| Rollinia |
This is our first Rollinia to ripen indoors. Although small, it is quite a rarity in this climate. This fruit is from a two and a half metre tree receiving northern sun,
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| Meyer Lemon |
Most of our citrus, except for the Tahitian Lime and a late Orange, are in full production.
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| Villa Franca Lemon |
A self seeded cherry tomato has died and left a bunch of sweet, scarlet fruit.
Oh, and I just picked some Black Sapote to ripen indoors. These will be ready for eating in a couple of weeks. Also in the pic are some Yellow Passionfruit that have been dropping all through winter but only now are really sweet enough for consumption.
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| Black Sapote and Yellow Passionfruit |
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