Our Garden

Anne has taken some great pictures of our new house to show people who can't get to visit just yet, including a couple of our garden:

It's quite small, but easy to maintain, although some of the plants are quite 'mature' and are going to need trimming back a bit to expose the flower beds, although I'm not going to do too much to it this year, to see what flowers and when next year and how it looks. The tree is a flowering cherry, which may or may not be suffering from canker, but it seems to be healthy enough at the moment.

The triangular 'bed' at the back of the picture above actually contains a small pond, in which I have put my single remaining goldfish and pleco. They seem to be happily coexisting with the resident pond snails and frog, which we see fairly frequently. Natural slug control! Through the arch is my greenhouse on the right, the roof of which is currently covered in an unidentified plant. Removing that to let some light in is a pressing job! To the left is a small bed which once cleared of another bamboo (and a small eucalyptus tree of some kind) should allow me to plant a few veggies outside. Also in the photos you can see one of my birthday presents from the weekend - a clay chiminea which I have yet to try out. That should keep us warm in the chilly evenings.