The Rest of October

Actually not much resting until we are finished!

In March the Garden bed at the back fence looked like this..
Plants in pots in temporary positions to 'make look good' for a Party. 

The Garden was shaded by the Neighbours Tree and our Japanese Maples.

Late April and the Trees have to come out - my Temporary garden moved so the Arborists can have plenty of room to work. 

And they DID appreciate it.

But what a mess!

The rest of the fence came down in May and we waited - unable to work on restoring our Garden until the fence was replaced in October.

We raked and tidied.
We raked, tidied, weeded and planted trees in the neighbours garden...

And NOW we can work on our own!

Seeing we had almost a "Blank Canvas" we made a decision that unless it was a Pollinator Plant or you can Eat it - it did not belong.  

So we bought a nice BIG pot for our Lemon Scented Myrtle and planted up our Mainly Aussie Native Garden.

Now that leaves the Corner where the Old Gazebo was parked. 

It was bought for the DD's 21st Party and in fact I really haven't known WHAT to do with it since then.

It can't go back in the corner - so Remove? Re-Home? Recycle? 

Introduce the DH to the new Buzz Word.....

RE-PURPOSE!

We had decided to make a Pergola or Entrance into the Garden and it needed Posts, and Rails and.... 

Why not use what we have literally laying about?

Several Cups of Tea and $20 worth of Screws later - 

All it needs is a Climbing Plant and MAYBE a couple of Gargoyles......

While we were in Re-Purposing mode - Why not find a use for the Red Gum Fence Posts that came off the Old Fence.

These things usually end up in the Tip or Someone's Winter Fire... 

Way too beautiful to Burn.

And I have run out of Bricks.......

DH had fun doing this - a lot easier than laying Recycled House Bricks.

We finally got to plant our Magnolia - and a couple of very nice Black Flax Plants for the "Structural" element to offset all the Pale Grey.

So here we are at the end of October.  

31 Days after we got our Fence and Yard back.

It looks rather bare at the moment but it will grow, and our shade will return and the Birds will forgive us.

And we have somewhere to sit once again with a Cuppa and enjoy the quiet.....