We’ve been busy working away in the back yard, finishing off the raised garden. The new shrubs were planted, I chose two different flowering hebes because the bees just love them. The weed mat is down, that’s a necessity for people like us who don’t really like gardening at all. Then a good covering of bark chips and there, an easy care garden. Those bark chips don’t go far, we purchased two bags then had to go back and buy another one. The garden then got a good watering, and hopefully everything will thrive.
Watering the back garden
As the shrubs start to grow into sturdy little bushes, they will fill up the garden nicely. We may well add a couple more small trees or shrubs, and we are keeping our fingers crossed that the transplanted kowhai trees will survive. I like the look of bark gardens, as it certainly cuts down on the weeding.
Flowering shrubs to keep the bees happy
Danny the Caretaker and his son arrived to do a bit more work on our back lawn. There are a couple of bare patches which need attention. When our extra concreting jobs were done, the contractors dug out the unwanted soil as they prepared and boxed up for concreting. There it sat in two piles until Robin used it up in the raised gardens. Danny and his son raked the ground and sprinkled grass seed around, requesting that we keep it watered. No problem, Robin can do that. Now, where is that sprinkler? He looked high and low but couldn’t find it anywhere. It’s not in the garage, or down in the almost empty lock-up. Perhaps it was one of the many things we sold for next to nothing at the garage sale, thinking we would never need it again? Who knows.
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