"Go into the garden, go under the ivy, go under the leaves ... with me"

Ok ... it sometimes feels like life has finally past me by, and all I'm doing is waiting for the final end ... but when Spring comes along and there is that first hint of what summer weather has to offer ... and then there is that heady lemon blossom smell in the air ... its time to rejuvenate and rebirth your surroundings as a way of reminding yourself that there is life in you yet ...

So the past 2 weekends we have been turning the sod in our woefully neglected garden, and who cares if finding pleasure in the scoop of trowel in hardened dirt is just one guernsey away from the geriatrics ward ... the urge to plant and harvest is one step in our evolutionary path away from swinging in the trees and scratching our arses in public ...

Taking inspiration from a morning at Poynton's on a wonderfully sunny day, we went for colour in the form of these scarlet Azalias ... right next to our replanted Bella Donna lilies ...

 
On the other end of the front garden we planted some lavender which will hopefully grow into a decent nanna-pants bush.

These will all go nicely with this blue thing that I don't know the name of ...

In the backgarden, we planted the edibles. Some lovely tomatoes, all neatly staked and fingers crossed will provide sufficeint bounty for salad and sauce alike.

There's a big bunch of thyme which hopefully won't die.

And Vietnamese mint, or Daun Kesom, or laksa leaf if you will. These can behave like a weed so hopefully the plank of wood will keep it in check.

There are some herbs which we have decided to pot, along with a few rosemary cuttings that we're hoping to sprout. These will need careful watching over along with our Curry leaf plant which is needing a bit of TLC ...

Finally, a couple of Boronias under the Magnolia tree to perfume the air ... right next to the stone cat we bought in Tyabb who is now keeping our dearly departed kitties company ...

We're hoping to score a purple Bougainvillea soon to spread along the fence and hopefully provide a riot of colour. Now we just have to be patient and alow time and the elements to do their thing.