Canonball tree

I have always been fascinated by the Canonball Tree. I was happy to see the tree again today at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Flowering and bearing canon balls. It's such a fascinating tree!

The Botanic Gardens is always worth a visit. There is always something new to see. I have taken heaps of pictures, but this one will have to do for today. :)

Going native

...at Tumbeela Native Bushfoods.

This visit was organised by Kate from the Adelaide Hills and Plains Seedsavers. Thanks Kate! We had a good time learning about bushfoods.

We were greeted by Warren Jones with a lovely cup of lemon myrtle/aniseseed myrtle tea and a lemon myrtle biscuit. Then we sampled riberry & lime/lemonade glaze, lemon myrtle infused honey, lemon myrtle icecream, wattleseed icecream (which tasted like hazelnut to me), dried & ground bush tomatoes, whole muntries and riberries. We smelled roasted & ground wattleseeds and dried mountain pepper leaves.

After the talk we went for a little walk through the rows of lemon myrtle and mountain pepper bushes. We were encouraged to rub the leaves of the lemon myrtle between our hands and enjoy the scent.

We nibbled on fresh mountain pepper leaves - nothing happens for a few seconds and then it kicks you. Fiercely!

The same with the fresh pepper berries.

There was also a cinnamon myrtle, aniseseed myrtle and a riberry. All lovely bushes.

Everybody was eager to do a bit of shopping after the walk. There was a good range of products and some seedlings.

Now for experimenting with some of the spices. :)