Now the weather is improving we took a trip to the local garden centre to pick up some plants. We were looking for some chilies to grow at home in a pot, because there is nothing better than fresh chilies.
We put them in just about everything except cornflakes, and it's a good excuse to go on a daytime date. Romantic!
There are so many plants coming into bloom that I got a bit snap happy for #marketfriday initiated by @dswigle and #colourfulphotography by @juliank
The cactus is one of my favorite plants. Tough as old boots and so easy to keep. I love their spiny details.
Next we saw these amazing Bonsai trees. Miniature versions of massive trees that you can have indoors. This one was cute with three teeny trees in one pot.
Keeping with the theme of miniature plants we spotted these fruit bearing trees. The first is a kumquat.
Miniature Orange tree bearing fruits
And finally this teeny Lemon tree also bearing fruit.
It is pretty amazing to think that you could have a tiny orchard indoors with these miniature breeds of trees that fruit.
As we were walking to the exit I spotted a flash of red. It was Basil the gnome. The English cousin of @luigi-the-gnome :)
He was just chilling out after a hectic day of foraging for fruits
Pop in and say hi to Basil next time you are passing by :) Unfortunately we never did find any good chilli plants? Better luck next time?
Location:
!steemitworldmap 52.3387519 lat -0.1388937 long Huntingdon, England,UK! d3scr
| Category | (colourful photography)
| Camera | (Canon EOS 70D)
| Exposure | (1/125)
| f Stop | (f/4.5)
| ISO | (100)
| Lens | (Sigma 30 mm)
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