Lovely wreaths, though the one I still use is my very first bought on Sydenham Hill in the early 90s. Thinking of climbers in pots for nann, I have a hoya, though it might be too cold for outdoors in the UK
Most of the Christmas prep is arranging ropes of lights around the front fence and trees. In the time-honoured Australian way, though a first for me, tidied up, mowed and edged the nature strip. I have no idea why this is done, since Christmas Day is utterly quiet, with few passes by.
The spring and summer have been mild and rainy so much growth of trees, one of which is threatening to take down a fence, so DH is off to hire a jack to give it a shove so we can prop it up, making it grow more up than along. Being a coastal tea-tree, it wants to lie down. The jack man says we can have one that that lifts 10 tons, so here's hoping it'll work.
In my experiment with self-watering broccoli boxes on the driveway, I'm growing pumpkins, black beans, tomatoes and chickpeas. The horrible possums have eaten all my grapevine. Gits.