Silver Birch

Yesterday we planted trees in the paddock.

One of our new silver birch trees

Plenty of water

When we moved into this house there was a 'dam' in the middle of the bottom paddock. I say 'dam' but what it actually was, was a big hole that for 6 months was half full of stagnant water and, for the other 6 months was completely empty.  (Note to UK readers - in Australia a dam is a man-made lake/reservoir)
Anyhow, we decided that the hole was a bit useless as well as an eyesore so we filled it in and scattered grass seeds.

But this week we planted trees.

Putting up the fence to keep the alpacas from chewing the trees

Checking out the new additions to the paddock

And then we went to the timber yard to get some mulch to put round the base of the new saplings.

I've never seen so much wood in one place!

We got a bit more mulch that we bargained for!

I managed to get a few photos of birds having a bath.

Til next time.

Autumn in the garden

Gerbera - so cheerful

These pink flowers are so dainty

Metal birdies

Tealight holder

Baby avocado

Fuchia

Protea - you can't see the giant ants that inhabit this tree.  Once I brought a bunch of them in the house to put in a vase - never again!

Macadamias

These are good ground cover

Amazing how close-up pictures can focus attention on the colourful and fruitful bits of the garden.  Maybe I should show you wider shots, you'd get a truer picture of the garden then!