We were lucky to inherit some established plants with our shack when we bought it. However we've slowly been building up a collection of fruit trees over the last year in order to have our own good supply of fruit in the future. It's hard being patient, knowing that these little seedlings in some cases won't provide fruit for up to five years. Looking back at pictures of the Jaboticaba & the Lychee, these don't seem to have grown at all! But to my surprise, my nectarine, which has only been in a year has blessed us with our first fruits (a grand total of 3!) And one of our little apple seedlings is trying valiantly for it's first apple after only a year in the ground as well. Some have given us small rewards, the mulberry has managed a few berries, even though it's barely more than an upright stick with a couple of leaves, the raspberry did the same & then died off, only to shoot up again this year. Others like the Cape gooseberry has provided us with lots of berries & is covered in fruit again already. Of the vines, the kiwi fruit started off strong, but went into hibernation for winter & have only just started to show leaves again. According to the info I read on them, we may not see fruit on this for a few years yet. The grape cuttings given to me by a local friend failed miserably, with me only succeeding in keeping just one alive, and just recently planted out in to the garden. The grape we bought got off to a great start & then disappeared into the belly of the most amazing grubs and didn't really recover again last season, but this year it's been reborn & has lovely green leaves promising hope. The purple passionfruit gave us a dozen or so fruits last year while the red panama one barely grew. We've also put in the shrubby type fruits like blueberries and pepinos, which have given me a one off harvest. Recently we've added a collection of citrus trees, which for the time being are in pots while we decide where they'll live best for the long term. When asked recently what we have now I found it hard to remember them all so here's the list of what's permanent in the garden now;

Lemonade tree (existing when we moved in)

2 x Mango trees (existing when we moved in)

Macadamia tree (existing when we moved in)

2 x subtropical suitable Apple trees

2 x subtropical suitable Pear trees

Lychee

Jaboticaba

Black Mulberry

Brown Turkey Fig

Black Fig

Peach

Nectarine

2 x Cherry trees

Kiwi vines

Banana passionfruit

Red passionfruit

Mandarine

Tangerine

Navel Orange

Cape Gooseberry

2 x Banana trees

3 x Pepinos

3 x Blueberries

1 x Meyer Lemon

1 x Lime

1 x Cherry Guava

1 x Loquat

1 x Tamarillo

2 x Grapes

18 x Strawberries

Many great fruit salads ahead I hope!