My Garden

I don't proclaim to be an avid gardener but I like getting out and sinking my hands in the dirt, pulling weeds, pruning and especially picking and admiring some of the gorgeous blooms that appear. When we moved into our house, a little over a year ago there was no garden out the back but a garden patch that was bare, so we planted things donated by David's mum, Angela, and moved some plants that were over crowding the front garden...


First there's the Dahlia, that Angela gave us and which also reminds me of mum and dad, as they had them in their garden when I was growing up....

Then there are the Nasturtium's that I grew from seed, that remind me of my sister Diane who grew them and after some time convinced me to eat the leaves on bread with cream cheese... YUMMY!.....

Then there are the Koru rock patterns I made out of stones. We discovered a dis-used septic tank which would take a lot of effort to dig out so we are just working with what we can so I got these rocks and made designs over the tank. A reminder of my Kiwi home land......

We have now planted a magnolia tree, moved hydrangea's, and ferns from the front as well as a climbing rose and some jasmine. Will post photos as things establish and bloom.

We have a rose garden out the front, of course they are bare at the moment but they are gorgeous when in bloom. We also have 4 of my favourite plants Lavender, I love picking the flowers and drying them, have made a lavender wreath the is in our room and I love it.....

That's David's dragon collection in front with my candles and wreath the even it out. We have a pink room that we both hate but are waiting for the weather to warm up again and then try and agree on colour that we both like to paint it.

I think if David had his way he would have ripped everything out when we first moved in, but I convinced him not to, as I like having flowers inside. Of course the garden has been a bit neglected over the last week or so thanks to the bad back, but hoping to get back into it and get those nasty weeds soon!