We (that's Dave working, me supplying tea) have removed 5 tired old conifers from this side of the front yard and replaced them with soon to be productive olive trees, one olive tree was planted last year and you can see that one next to the gate, there are five small ones in a row and eventually we will remove that ceramic pot and put another olive tree in that space there.
Our wonderful tulip tree, the leaves are slowly starting to turn yellow, it provides much shade to the house and the kids love to play in its branches. And theres always birds and parrots singing in it. And in the spring it has beautiful yellow tulip flowers all the way to the top branches.
One of the swings Grace has made in the tree...
A new barrel planted with a yellow 'Excel' fig, we've had such a good crop from the other two figs in the barrels we couldn't resist another, and maybe would like another one too.....
Looking a bit bare at the moment but this is the area that we removed two apple trees and a pear tree that we had very poor crops from as the coddling moth and fruit fly are a real problem in this area. So they came out and we (again more tea supplied to keep Dave chopping, sawing and digging) have planted so far two citrus trees the far one is a blood orange and the near one is a 'Honey Murcott" mandarin, which is a late fruiting mandarin to follow our mandarin in a barrel which is 'Imperial' full of fruit at the moment, and in another border we have a young 'Emporer' Mandarin.
Have also planted Kale and pok choy in the brasica veggie bed they're not very impressive at the moment so will take pics when they have grown a little bit more. Weather forecast is fine for the next few days so there will be a few trips out to the park, walking and bike rides over the week with the kids on school holiday. I am officially the queen of the lego building in our home, it can get quite addictive building the lego star wars ships. And finally a view across the hills from our bedroom window, clear blue Autumn skies, perfect for a weekend in the garden.
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