Decorate palm trees :)

Actually palm trees are not very beautiful trees but widely used in landscaping. Only a truck and some leaves on the top.
But in the summer house gardens they work very good as they do not block your or neighbours view.
you can easily decorate the trunk by hanging wall planters or baskets on them.

Plant more beautiful than the flowers in the photo. :)

Tree planter again :)

If you got a tree trunk in your garden as it is very difficult to remove the roots, you may use it like a planter for other flowers.

Make a hole in the trunk of the tree and plant some flowers.

To see other tree planters in this blog please click here.

Carob tree for your health

Another tree for decoration of your garden and also good for your health. But this need a climate like mediterranean countries.

The carob tree , Ceratonia siliqua, is a species of flowering evergreen shrub or tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Mediterranean region. It is cultivated for its edible seed pods. Carobs are also known as St. John's bread because, according to tradition of some Christians, St. John the Baptist subsisted on them in the wilderness. A similar legend exists of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son.

Carob, dried or roasted and having a slightly sweet taste, in powder or chip form, is used as an ingredient in cakes and cookies. Carob is sometimes used as a substitute for chocolate. The seeds, also known as locust beans, are used as animal feed. They are also the source of locust bean gum, a thickening agent used in numerous processed foods. In Egypt, carobs are consumed as a snack. Crushed pods are used to make a refreshing drink. Compotes and liqueurs are made from carob in Turkey, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Sicily. Carob has proven effective in relieving diarrhea in infants. In Libya, a syrup is extracted from carob named rub used as a complimentary to Asida meal. In Peru carob syrup is used in a popular mixed drink, la algarrobina.

Carob has also been used as a non-toxic alternative to chocolate in dog treats, as the theobromine in chocolate is toxic to most dogs.

• No cholestherol
• no cafein
• plenty of Ca, about 3 times higher than milk
• high zinc

It is said that it has alot more advantages for health. But please check all the information here (actually you should check all the information you get from internet before using it).

I liked the tree and the fruits of it also the food made of it. I took the photos of the fruits on the tree. It is a nice evergreen tree for landscaping. You can also collect the fruit of it.

But the fruit does not look nice like an apple. ... :)

Here is a nice big carob tree at the seaside

A healthy and beautiful tree for your garden

If you have a garden and want a fruit tree Zizihus zizyphus is a good idea.

It is a beautiful small tree (about 4-5 meters high but in some regions it is higher) and has delicious and healthy fruits.

Ziziphus zizyphus, commonly called Jujube, Red Date, or Chinese Date, is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily for its fruits.

I took the the photos here during my summer holiday in mediterranean cost.

It is very good in that climate.

The fruits are used in Chinese and Korean traditional medicine, where they are believed to alleviate stress.

The freshly harvested as well as the candied dried fruits are often eaten as a snack, or with tea.

The fruit is an edible oval drupe 1.5-3 cm long; when immature it is smooth-green, with the consistency and taste of an apple, maturing dark red to purplish-black and eventually wrinkled.

On the photos the green and brown stages of the fruit can be seen.

I ate the ones on the last photograph they were delicious

:))

2nd phase of plums

This is the second phase of the plums in our garden. I have sent the flowers in my previous post.

I think third photo will be when I am eating them :)

Another spring flower

See our apricot tree flowers, blooming :)

Signs of spring

So, spring has come. Here is a photo of plum flowers.

Black mulberry tree planter

This is a black mulberry tree. The main part of the tree was dead but the branch is still alive and we ate a lot of delicious mulberries last summer.

Inside the dead trunk they decided to plant a planter. Now it works like a planter.

As it is winter now it is not very beautiful. I hope I will take a photograph in summer and post here again.

a tree planter

If you have an old tree in your garden or around. You can easily cut it but it is difficult to remove

the roots and log completely.

You can remove some parts inside and use it as a natural planter.

It is decorative and natural.

Plant some flower inside. I took this picture when there was no flowers inside yet. With the flowers it will become more beautiful.