Another warm day in the garden

It was another beautiful day in Brisbane today, we took advantage of the weather and got cracking again in the garden.

I have been putting off doing the edging, mainly because it is not great fun digging the channel for the edging pavers. Mixing the concrete and laying the pavers, although not great on the back is far easier than digging the channel in bone dry, rock hard ground. We have finished the top garden bed, and half completed the bottom bed, which should be finished tomorrow.

In the right centre is a small Golden cane palm we transplanted.

You can see the palms and other plants that have been planted or transplanted. Once the edging is complete we will put down some sort of weed mat, fix the water system then mulch.

Some Agave and Bromeliads planted.

You can quite clearly see just how dry the garden is, the grass is all but dead, the weeds of course are thriving. We haven't had enough rain to fill the tank and water the garden, I need to remember form now on that all the rain up here falls in the summer, not winter.

Edging channel almost complete.

Front garden edge finished.

The Pencil Pines are going. Bottom front edge almost finished.

The largest of the Cane Palms is still to be dug up and moved.

Edging laid and complete. 

A good days work.

We are still investigating plants to add to the garden, currently we have three type of Bromeliads in and Karren plans to plant the big ones we have in pots by the front door. There are three or four types of Cordyline planted, Karren has identified a few more that she wants, we plan on hitting Rocklea Markets and a few local farmers markets looking for cheap plants.

Large Red Necked Wallaby (quite at home with me)

Charlie took great interest in this big fella, thankfully the hidden fence stopped the dog getting too close and being carved up by him. The Wallaby was completely unfazed by Charlie the wonder dog, he got himself a quick feed, and kept one eye on the curly black fool while we were splashing about in the pool. The white peg in the background marks our northern boundary corner.

He is a retriever after all.

The pool is now getting plenty of use, nothing better than a swim after a long hot day at work. I read somewhere that dogs should not be in pools because of the huge load they demand keeping the pool properly chlorinated. A dog is the equivalent of having 30 people swim in your pool, but trying to keep him out requires too much effort to worry. So far we are not having any issues keeping the chemical levels in check.

The girls are no longer the lily white southerners, however keeping them covered in sunscreen is almost a full time job, thankfully they are very good at putting it on themselves. The wearing of rashies is compulsory in the hours between 10 and 4.

Tomorrow we will hopefully finish the edging, leaving the public holiday on Monday for us to get out and explore somewhere.