We are particularly proud of our walking iris forest, the ornamental gingers and the grevilleas, all of which at differing times of the year prove colour explosions.
Like most people with any resemblance of pride in their “digs”, we too are “slaves” to our garden. The mower comes out on a regular basis and some sort of the Mackellar “ordered woods and gardens” has been imposed on the earth around our house. There is of course the constant battle against the Lucas “tiny pennons” be they in the form of the buffalo grass or the ultra annoying and hard to eradicate oxalis.
There are times when the focus has been on self sustainability, with the obligatory tomato plantations, corn crops and other food crops and we have a couple of fruit bearing trees, particularly a lime tree that produces inordinate amounts of fruit for its size, but mostly there are “nice to look at” inclusions.
We do not suggest that in any way this is done on our own, especially given the time we are away travelling around Australia, we have a gardener, Kelly, who mows the lawn and keeps the weeds in tow while we are absent. Her insights and suggestions have gone far to assisting us in creating what we come home to.
