Spider eating caterpillar, originally uploaded by dhickie.

We like spiders that eat the ‘bad bugs’. Check this one out - he has a dessicated caterpillar carcass in his mandibles, and also he’s a lovely shade of bright green.

Posted by danielle, filed under Aquaponics, Backyard Visitors, Projects. Date: December 27, 2007, 4:30 am | No Comments »

18  Dec
First fruits

We got ourselves a peach tree sometime ago and Danielle decided that she would make fruit trees in an urban area a pet-project of hers.

The tree has suffered a bit of neglect over the past 2 weeks with the birth of Ezequiel and our stay at the Hospital, it has however started yielding some peaches. We even had an “attack” by the palm tree, in which a branch fell on top of our little peach tree and damaged some of the branches and fruits. Our little tree resisted and repelled the attack :-).

We haven’t yet had time to try some of the fruits and I am betting they are delicious. We have been very  lucky so far as it has rained quite a lot while we were away, with intermittent periods of sunshine to keep the tree fed properly and the fruit maturing.

Posted by bruno, filed under A peach tree in Bondi. Date: December 18, 2007, 5:23 am | No Comments »