Today was a fabulous winter day, a sunny 13 degrees, and thanks to no wind from Antarctica, warm. The rain has let up at last, so time to get digging.
Spent an hour shovelling sawdust from the second of the tree stumps we had had ground out last month, and filled the whole of a vast estate car with bags and took them to the dump, but still more to do. I can't believe how much sawdust one stump can produce!
When it's finished I'll put in native top soil and plant two grevilleas, which will grow to about 4 metres, but open in habit, to provide screening for DD's room and flowers for the birds. The ground cover will be aspidistras in the shade and three purple flowering native hibiscus as a low hedge in front of her room (ground floor and very sunny).
One of things about having to do the garden slowly is that the dog's paths are already evident, and I can plant round them, knowing he won't trample. He's a good boy, and never digs where there are plants or mulch.
Next month we're having all the retaining wooden walls of the raised beds replaced, as the sleepers have rotted, so I'm taking the opportunity to dig out the dracaena marginata which infest the place. They have their uses, and as our house used to be a rental, such luxuriant, fecund plants were a landlord's dream: nil maintenance. We'll keep a few for the very back of the beds,as they provide height.
Hyacinths are just poking out of the soil, and all the freesias I planted have sprouted. I'd like to have some sweet peas- a first time for me in Oz, much inspired by posts here.