You'll have to use your imagination...

and think what some more rocks, and a good mow and nice weather would do to its looks. This is the new garden bed hubby has been working on with the help of our second son. I had a little to do with the planning.

We are not exactly starting from scratch, but this part of the garden is disheartening. It is starting from scratch, though we made a start on it this time last year. At that time we took all the plants we wanted to move from our current house. Some remnants came back again so we have lots in both places. My Mum gave me some camellias for that garden.

There are two blocks, one was developed and one wasn't. We resized the bed next to this one so we could get around it more easily in snake season. One rose bush was under the front verandah so it is here now. Some were in a damp place and would have died. Same with the standards on the fence, they were here and suffered from the liquid ambars. The box were randomly placed in a bed like landscaping, there were also some conifers the same shape. We left the conifers where they were and put these in a line, such as it is, undecided about that. I haven't been reading a lot of gardening books lately like I used to.

The iris are early ones, and here there was only one small piece. At that house they bred up. It is an amazing place for growing things.

We have to paint the fence, it may take two full months to do it.