Today I replanted the garden beds at the front gate. Just before my daughter, Kate’s wedding, I had a garden bed made just inside the entrance near our cattle grid, and even though Pete was so ill at that stage, he drove the tractor up to a hill on our property and brought some huge stones down with it and placed them where I wanted them in the beds. I had some lovely helpers as well who did so much work before the wedding with me. It was all new but looked quite “country pretty” on the day.
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This is how the entrance gate looked originally.
This is how it looked on the day of David and Kate’s wedding.
Then after the wedding the “old coot” across the road that lives behind the state forest let his cows roam free through the pines and onto the road and of course they had a great time pulling out and eating all the plants that I had so lovingly put in! Most of this happened while I was in Sydney at the hospital with Pete in his final days. I was pretty upset when I came home and saw it. So now the “old coot” has his cows back in the paddocks and the fences mended and I feel able to put in more plants and hopefully they will grow up and look glorious at the front gate!!
Today’s effort!
Carpet Roses, Electric Pink Cordyline and some Pretty n Pink Protea variety. Hope nothing else eats them!!
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Hey Les. They look awesome. Pete would love them. Good job!
Thanks Dave. After all the hard work you and the others put in, I am so pleased to be able to have new plants back in there xx
Looks very good Les. Flowers will make a pretty picture. I do remember how it was xx
Thanks San. It kept me busy today. I also went over and helped with the cattle in the yards as well. xx
One of these days I’ll get to your lovely home and see the little plants that will have blossomed and grown into a lovely display, unless of course the cows manage to run amuck again. I remember the work that you and Pete were putting in before Kate’s wedding but from every communication I read, it seems there’s always a lot of challenges if one is land gentry!!!! Lady Harrowsmith. I bet your figure is as good as it always has been with the amount of exercise, the heaving and everything else that you have become such an expert in. I suspect that there’s a little more quiet cursing though at times. Lovely to speak with you last week.
Jan xxxx
Ah Jan thank you so much. I really enjoyed our phone call last week too! I would love to have you and Phil here one day too xx
Looks lovely.Great work.You are a real gardener.Nice choice of plants.Your front gate is the best in the road.
Haha thanks Praline! Who would have thought it??
will look good I’m sure, Les!