Three pics taken on April 25 in 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively. It seems spring season isn’t fully calibrated.
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That is fucking lovely where do you live? (just thinking country, nothing very specific 
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My citrus trees are doing really well this year. Lemons go all year round, but the clementine tree is finally producing a fair amount of fruit. Not sure what the stone fruit is. The tree hasn’t produced anything in the two years I’ve lived here so it will be fun to see what it is when they fully grow. Plums started coming in too, but still very small and green. Will be ready in late June
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Last spring I picked a handful of chestnuts that had been germinating on the ground over winter.
Much to my surprise they all came up, set leaves, but then stopped, dropped all and just seemed dead.
I repotted last fall, but then just left them out over winter on the balcony, and was planning to throw them out when I had the time.
A few weeks ago they suddenly showed signs of life!
And now they seem to be growing into their new environment
I have no idea how to accommodate a pot of trees on a balcony, but I assume I’ll have a couple of years before they get to big, and i’ll have to replant in the nearby park
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Scandalnavia!
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I’m from Norway, and it looked very scandic, part of the reason why I asked
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Well, with the mix of rain and sun of last the plants are into supercharge mode ATM. I need to grease the whirling bushcutter soon. The bees however give my ‘garden’ or rather some specific bigger plants a big thumbs up, they’re freeloading like there’s no tomorrow.
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Still working on it. Still need to add a fence so I don’t have a view of my neighbors parking garage. Still need to trim my maple.
Oh, well. At least it’s not the overgrown jungle it was at the end of last month.
(The bamboo in the back is not mine. My garden ends with the stonewall.
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I’m imagining tropical bird calls and a chance to bump into Indy Jones
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That will be good. Here, I already collect my rhubarb.
Did you already test rhubarb and banana pie ? So good.
Take time to put bananas and rhubarb in a pan with a knob of butter and gently reduce them. No sugar, please, bananas are naturaly sweet. And use spelt flour (t110 ou t150) for the the pie crust.
The rhubarb on the picture is splendid. So enormous 
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So do i. Tigers and monkey’s shouts… my spring jungle
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With results like those they’re probably going to make you head of the HOA and then, before you know it, you’ll be one of those buggers in the “from the person in front of you” hoodies, out having a scoot around the block, wiggling your tushie for “extra circulation” while you count your steps.
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This rhubarb is six or seven years old, but it’s been in such good shape since it’s been in this spot for about four years.
My wife made a tiramisu with it a week ago, and it was wonderful.
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