oh a lovely few days spent in the garden

I am finding joy creating a garden here at Avalon. a blank canvas so to speak. the bones of the garden were here - old trees and garden beds edged with old concrete but the plants left a lot to be desired. scraggly lavenders, out of control lamium and a dreadful plant called yucca that still keeps coming up even though we thought we had removed it all.

when we first moved in I planted three apples along the front fence - since then Joe has actually made the fence higher by building a timber fence ontop of the bricks and eventually we will put wire over the timber. He has built me a small arbour over the gate

and a Marian Shrine.

the first days of the new year, I have spent time in nurseries. gathering plants to fill the garden around the newly planted apples.

a few cottage type plants - Easter Daisy [aster]; Penstemon; Armeria & Agastache which is a perennial herb that can be used to make teas or used in salads & Aquilegia otherwise known as Granny's Bonnets or columbines.

I have mulched and fertilized and sat upon the old seat under the cherry tree with Joe - enjoying a cups of rooibos while watching the many tourists on their way to Echo Point and Katoomba Falls. Living in such a tourist area does not bother me one bit - most people stop and chat about the garden or just to say hi. It is a blessed life that I live.