What you got growing?

[ellajam]

Where I live it's sub-tropical, so even in winter we have loads of stuff growing, although it's a bit dryer than in summer. Right now we have an over-abundance of strawberries, which means that it's between us and the birds to see who gets to eat the most. The birds seem to be winning. I don't bother too much with veggies but I do grow my own herbs, depending on the season. And lavender, which I'm going to start sticking in some honey to infuse for Christmas presents. Apparently it also makes a good infusion for vodka, but my vodka never seems to last long enough to find out.

Flower-wise, it's mostly just the natives like bottle-brush and grevillia that are flowering now, but the frangipanis and hibiscus will be out soon. Pretty much everything is evergreen here so we don't really notice the lack of flowers too much.

You're very lucky in the UK, with all the gorgeous wildflowers. We don't get that in Australia so much, not in those big open meadows or in hedgerows. I got to show the kids how to make proper daisy chains when I was there

Although it's tempting to move to a warmer climate, I love the lushness and variety of the US Northeast. Incredible variety of trees, wildflowers, they'll grow in any crack they find. Get back to me in February when I'm crying for your weather.