So I bought a house on a huge block with heaps of potential but the garden in particular has been neglected. For the most part it was just some native scrub, a couple of trees and a whole heap of aloe vera, on the positive side there was a paw paw tree and dragon fruit plant but not much else.

So after a bit of thought I drew up a vague plan to get started.

Now a professional would finalise the plan and then systematically go about executing it.

My method on the other hand is more… organic. When I have spare time I do whatever seems the most interesting to me to do.

So the first thing I did was visit the local tip to see if anything stood out as usable. I was able to get a Buch of colorbond and metal posts which seemed perfect for the garden beds I had in mind. Some drilling, hammering and pop-riveting later I had the start of some awesome raised garden beds.

Then a bit of shovelling and planting later I had some teeny tiny pea and tomato plants growing!!! Aren’t they cute? And I’m sure they’ll grow up into beautiful productive plants(I’ve read that children need a supportive and caring environment to flourish, I assume that plants are exactly like humans)

Some plants I’m less supportive of is the great, big, leaf and limb dropping, ground water and nutrient sucking eucalypts in the back corner. Again, a sensible person would have waited until a chainsaw arrived, I thought an axe attack was appropriate…

The most recent small project was to build a new set of stairs, the only existing ones being next to the shed. Not too shabby for the first substantial woodorking project I’ve done in a decade…

Stay posted for more!!!