Front Garden - Pt 2

Doing Something/Anything with the Front Garden has been on my "To Do List" for a long time.

We have tried to keep it tidy, but it has never been anything more than a patch of grass with some weed-beds around the perimeter.

And the occasional Carpark!


So it may have seemed a little impetuous to start yet another project - this one at least WE have total control over. (Apart from the unpredictable Melbourne weather.)

Jarrah timber edging is about 4.8 m long and 75 mm wide which makes it very flexible - perfect for gentle curves.
(Straight lines belong in my Quilts - not in my Garden!)
So it was a case of "Let's put it down and see what happens".

After a lot of shovelling and raking (and explanations to the neighbours as to what we were doing), we were able to move most of the soil into the new Garden beds before we ran out of daylight.

The next day we had to work out what we were going to do with this new very large garden bed.

And -hopefully- keep the costs down!
Time to go scavenging!!

I was quite sure that my Mother would be happy to unload the Tree Logs that she acquired when the street tree across the road was cut down.

These are from a Queensland Box Tree and should last many years in the ground.

It was not a lot of fun trying to place these into the garden whilst dealing with the rain, as well as the different shapes and sizes of the heavy logs, but we got there.

Cutting up and re-using the sleepers from the original garden edging as steppers, and finding some pots that should have been planted a long time ago - and the garden was looking passable.

Just one more thing to do and then we wait for Spring.

Plant the 250 Bulbs that I bought at the Garden Show.... which was more like 350 by the time they added extras for 'good measure'.

Never again will I buy so many bulbs at once!

And one last photo that I "Just had to Add"

Two weeks later - the Camellia that I planted when we moved in 37 years ago showing that it appreciated the attention!

I am looking forward to Spring/Summer when the bulbs are up and the Crepe Myrtle is in full flower.