On arrival at each visit to our house in Tasmania, the first excited circuit of inspection invariably takes in all the changes in the garden. Here's the first in our row of heritage fruit trees bursting with foliage, if not fruit. This one is the Plum, Coe's Golden Drop. The top image was taken one year after planting in 2006. The trees as well as the instructions on how to espalier them came from Bob Magnus at Woodbridge Fruit Trees. Like most plant nurseries the very mention of our location in Tunbridge, often described as the driest location in Tasmania, usually elicits groans of despair. But this year's drought breaking rain has changed the midlands landscape and brought lush growth to the region.
