Recently we celebrated our first year in our "not quite so new anymore" home. It is fun to look back on the photos and see how far we have come on this journey from the block full of weeds to an almost finished house. Our first year has certainly been eventful so we are looking forward to a more restful year to really enjoy our new space.
Hmm maybe not the hydrangeas. I grew these from cuttings (rather than pay $20+ a plant), we don't really have an ideal spot (but I do love them) so I am going to persevere and hope that with a summer under their belt and lots of TLC they will toughen up. I have fond memories of Nanna growing hydrangeas in Maddington, great big blue blooms. They are also gorgeous in vases.
The vege patch has been productive. We have enjoyed beetroot, eggplant, capscicum, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and chilli. I am still not convinced that this little patch is productive enough to warrant the effort and expense though. Perhaps a nice timber deck/daybed in its place??
We were very excited when our rear neighbour finally agreed to cut down the gum tree that was hanging over the back fence. It was constantly dropping leaves, sticks, nuts, berries and flowers into the pool, which was annoying and expensive. (Nuts got stuck in the filter and we had to have it repaired)
The citrus trees are slowly coming along, a little too slowly for my liking but I am reluctantly learning to be patient.
The groundcover/creeper that we planted underneath the citrus is crazy and grows before our eyes. If anyone has a bare spot that needs filling...come and help yourself!
We trimmed the creeper (forgotten what it is called) back before the holidays...this is how it looked by January!
Trimmed back again :) I even trimmed the citrus to promote bushy growth. Anyone have suggestions as to what else we could plant here? (low maintenance, doesnt drop stuff, no invasive roots, fragrant)
The herb garden was going really well, until Lily discovered coriander. She likes to eat it, lay on it and dig it up. Very frustrating.
In September the first of a very few flowers appeared on the plum trees alonng our driveway.
Whilst we were very disappointed with the show of flowers, the actual plum trees have flourished and are getting lovely and bushy. They seem to be happy in this spot as do the roses, this is nice as there are always enough blooms to pick to bring inside.
These are Iceberg (driveway) and Serenity (front verandah) blooms.
Well thats our garden round up :)
A sneak peek at our Christmas present to ourselves, which may explain why we have spent most of the holidays being lazy at home (oh, plus my broken hand means I am "incapacitated" and had lots of appointments)
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