Progress

All of the rain sadly put a delay to our retaining wall/garden bed completion over the weekend. So instead we made a start on our verandah orchard. We are trying our hand at dwarf fruit trees and have started out with a Lychee, Bowen Mango, Rincon Avocado and a Lemon/Lime Splitzer (both fruits grafted on the one tree). I'm unsure how the avo will go as everything I've read suggests we need 2 varieties, but the lady at the nursery insisted we didn't so I guess we'll see!

Here's some pics of the orchard and our little 'helper'. Mum & Dad came over yesterday arvo and did some gardening and ironing for us (thanks!). Dad also gave me some strawberry plants which I have put around the base of some of the trees. Apparently he approves of the location so has half a dozen more to give me. YAY! Nothing beats strawberries straight from the garden (except maybe mulberries straight from the tree... which is coming closer to Spring).





Mum has also been busy. I purchased some hand-dyed wool on a whim, then presented it to her to create something. It was a challenge as I could only buy 200g and it was 12ply, but she found a pattern in an old old book (some may say Vintage) and has made a start on a jumper for S2. Here's a progress shot. You can't see clearly in the pic, but the centre panel is pretty cabling. The green jumper is one she made earlier - the colour really suits S2.



Oh and we're very excited as the fenceman finally showed up this morning. I've heard lots of noise outside and can see some holes for posts. Hooray!