Well, we currently have another set of guests staying with us for just a couple of days at the moment but prior to their arrival I managed to get the vegetable garden sorted out. I had problems with germinating seeds because birds kept stealing them. So I invested in some long garden stakes, a pack of [...]

We have been flying by the seat of our pants the last two months. We have had three sets of guests come and stay with us since the 27th of December and we are really only just coming up for air.  The first set of guests was my mum and dad, then Tim’s dad and [...]

We saw these old steel-framed apple crates down the road for $25 each, so we decided to buy 6 of them and use them as vegetable gardens.  We ordered a truck-load of soil and a tonne of 20mm stones (for drainage in the bottom of the crate) and last weekend, we loaded the crates up [...]

Today after the rain went away, Tim and I were walking around the garden discussing the circular garden beds at the front of the house. We have some plans to clear the beds and add brand new soil, make each bed exactly the same size and finish it with a nice brick border.  As we were talking, [...]

The daffodils that I mentioned earlier are now in full bloom.

I really do like the daffs but I can’t understand why the previous owners just scattered the bulbs randomly in the garden beds. It’s kind of annoying because we have to clear the beds to get rid of the weeds and grasses which have overtaken [...]

About a month ago, we planted two different types of baby trees around our back fenceline. The trees are Tasmanian blue gums (the compact variety – up to 8 metres tall) and variegated pottosporums (up to 9 metres tall). We chose these two trees because they’re very quick growing and they make good screen breaks. We have [...]

Last weekend we did a few things around the house. I did some gardening and Tim got on the roof to clean the gutters and check the condition of the roof.
He took some photos of our garden and our surrounds while he was up there.
As you can see, from up here, there’s a lot of [...]