In my defence

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After two days of cutting weeds, removing dead branches and tidying things up, the garden was almost descent. Nothing like it used to be when it had a full time gardener tending the trees, planting vegetables, keeping the weeds under control etc, etc, etc.

But coming here only twice each year, that's the best I can do. At least it doesn't look totally abandoned or even forsaken!

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This is not my garden. It never was, although I have spend a lot of time in it, since my childhood and I have learned my first lessons in gardening right here. Long before those pomegranate trees were even planted.

But I do remember the vines always been there, hanging on the fence around the garden. I haven't eaten from those vines for ages but I still remember the taste of many of them!

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As well as the small (but delicious) apples of the apple tree.

As I said, this is not my garden.

This is my grandfather's garden. Or should I say, was. My grandfather passed away but the trees he planted are still here to pretty up the garden and bless us with their fruits.

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Tending this garden, apart from the obvious service for my parents and my grandmother that spend their summer there, is also a tribute to the memory of the man that created it, my very personal memorial service.

Although I know that he would disagree strongly with many of my practices, if he was alive :)

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Now the rightful owner is my grandmother and she is more into flowers! Messing with dirt and planting vegetables was never her thing. But flowers and succulents are :)

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The last pictures are from outside the house. The oleander hedge, that I am not very fond of it as a plant but I have to admit that it makes an excellent fence, a couple of conifers and the view from the balcony, just to give you an idea of what our "neighbourhood" looks like :)

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This is my delayed contribution to the June Garden Journal Challenge that expired a few hours ago!

Sorry @owasco and @minismallholding. In my defence I can say that I am traveling and things are not always going as planned :)

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_{The camera that I used is a Canon EOS 6D mark II with an EF 100mm f2.8L macro lens attached. I edited the photographs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic .}

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All the pictures and the words are mine.

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