--- Our House Gallery: January to May 1999 Garden Work ---
This page contains pictures of some of the garden work that was done in January to May 1999.
Meet George. This is a NZ-native Kowhai tree, which we have named "George" after David's late Grandad:
Sunflowers growing along the boundary:
The tomato plants almost took over the backyard! Very tasty, too:
Also in Jenn's vege garden, some corn plants. We probably won't do corn again, as they take up a lot of space and have a very low yield... but the taste was almost worth it!
Home-grown corn:
The fence on the left side of the house, being constructed:
The fence completed, and the rockery area started. It's just riverstones here, but now contains an assortment of succulents and grasses, along with small river boulders:
Another view of the fence
Partway through covering the Japanese garden area with bark. Under the bark is plastic weedmat to inhibit weeds:
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