One of dozen or so varieties of pomegranates. Going pretty well given the hideous heat the things put up with during their first summer in the ground, and that 14 months ago this plant was maybe 30cm tall and had been pretty stunted in a pot for two years.   This is an extremely vigorous bramble - it's one of Logan, Dew, or Boysen - not entirely sure, but if you get 'em during their peak of ripeness (there's about a 12 hour window) they are to die for.   We have at least two green tree frogs that insist on living around the crapper in the shed, despite being carefully relocated to the perfectly moist and quite pleasant shadehouse two or three times a day. It's all the stranger given the unpleasant nature of the shed - fuels, fertilisers, and just one water source.   The VBO, from the NW corner - upon arrival (somewhat overgrown - that's chest-height Rhodes grass on the right).   The VBO, from the NW corner - after an hour with the whipper snipper.   From the gum tree next to the cabin, some very immature gumnuts (Snugglepie would need to be especially snuggled). The light and dark shots are only a few seconds apart, as the sun went behind a cloud - a really marked effect on the green marble pedestal this was sitting on.  The VBO looking way too green for (a) January. 
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