Side-Garden Plan

M. thinks this looks a little South Park-esque, but it seems silly to do anything more elaborate (and time-consuming)! The first photo is a view up the side of the house that was taken when I was working on the fence. It has been elegantly modified to show where the path will join an extended deck.

We will terrace as necessary to support a path (on the left of the grey post) and excavate on the right to remove the one-to-two feet of earth that has built up against our side of the fence. Once we have taken the pressure off the fence we should be able to straighten it up. M. will then plant a fern-garden along and below the path and deck, including some tall tree-ferns.

We cut down the five-metre Cherry Laurel on Friday (the tree with the "X" through it in the top photo). After two trips to the tip this is what is left to get rid of. Since Bunnings is next to the tip we came home with my birthday present after the first trip (a crow-bar) and five redgum sleepers after the second trip. One more trip tomorrow should see most of this mess cleaned up, and another five redgum sleepers—which is enough to get me started on my herb-garden.