A TOUR AROUND THE GARDENS .. ALL GARDENS & ROCKERY WORK HAVE BEEN ADDED AROUND THE EXISTING MORE MATURE PLANTS & TREES .. ENJOY!
THIS IS MY FAVORITE 'RESTING SPOT' AFTER A HARD DAY'S GARDENING!
LOOKING TOWARDS THE FISH POND, FROM THE VERANDAH THRU THE RAIN!
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ROCKERY, BEFORE THE FISH POND WAS ADDED ..
AND HERE WE GO! ALL ROCKS WERE RECYCLED FROM FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS BACK YARDS & WE FOUND MANY UNDER THE 8ft high ENGLISH IVY HEDGE THAT DIVIDES OUR 'YARD' FROM THE 'HORSE PADDOCK' .. WE NOW HAVE ALL MANNER OF SKINKS & LIZARDS, FROGS & BUGS LIVING & VISITING AROUND THE FISH POND AREA!
A MORNING'S LIGHT THRU THE GARDEN
THE FIRST GARDEN WE PUT IN FROM SCRATCH .. IT
WAS A BARE CORNER, FILLED WITH BUILDER'S RUBBISH BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS .. THIS GREW IN 12 months! WE USED ANYTHING WE COULD MULCH, INCLUDING GRASS CLIPPINGS & DRY LEAVES FROM THE PIN OAKS ON THE STREET .. AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF BOTH! IT NOW HAS A RICH HUMUS SOIL, FULL OF WORMS! THE CANNA LOVE IT!
THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED 6mths AFTER WE STARTED .. THE CONIFER IS A CUTTING WE HAD TAKEN FROM OUR PREVIOUS HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD, SOME 3.5 yrs EARLIER! IT HAD TRAVELLED TO THE MID-NTH COAST OF NSW, LIVED IN THE POT FOR 3 yrs & FINALLY PLANTED 6mths BEFORE THIS PIC WAS TAKEN! POOR LITTLE TREE!
THIS SECTION WAS ADDED 18mths AGO, AROUND AN EXISTING WHITE CREPE MYRTLE .. WE HAVE ABOUT 6 DIFFERENT COLOURED CREPE MYRTLES AROUND THE GARDENS
