Volunteers

Amazingly, plants can grow all by themselves without needing our help. You probably know this because mainly they are weeds which come up by the thousands in the paddock. But it ain't always weeds. In our part of the world, plants that you might like that come up all by themselves are called volunteers.


A few years back I noticed a citrus tree come up in the chook yard. The good thing about having a paddock is having enough space to let these things grow and develop - just to see what it will become.

The result with this tree is a fruit that seems to be a cross between an orange and a grapefruit. Didn't know what to call it - Orafruit? Grapange? - Decided in the end to just call it Harry.

It makes pretty good marmalade.