With nothing else much to do (it is 38C outside today), I chanced to look back at my old garden blog and discovered myself enjoying these old posts. I haven't been blogging much this last year - too busy doing nothing much in lockdown and its aftermath - but I have been doing a lot of gardening, so maybe I will give this blog another chance. But first to catch you up.
Three years ago during a summer storm we had a huge Eucalypt come down and smash part of the garden - and taking out most of the local electricity supply for 4 days. I was really upset as it was a pretty mature area with large camellias, magnolias and other established shrubs. It took 9 months for the insurance company to come in, fix up the fence, cut up the tree and remove several other large trees that had been damaged and had become dangerous. I really didn't feel much like starting again.
Before
After
Once cleared there wasn't much left of the old garden, but there was a large empty area - and what gardener can resist such a challenge? Certainly not this one. Besides I had just retired and after organising the rest of the garden, I had time on my hands! Actually can a gardener ever have time on her hands?
