Vegetable patch

The cosmos at the end of last summer were very pretty but did little to cover the messy fence at the right hand end of the yard.

This corner has low hanging overhead wires, a messy power pole, a falling down fence and periwinkle growing through the fence.

The lawn in this space is a mix of paspalum and kikuyu. The previous owner of the house had covered the ground with pine bark. Grass had grown through the pine bark in places. Mowing in this space resulted in being covered in a cloud of dust.

The grass was removed from the area. The periwinkel was weeded out and the ground covered with a heavy cardboard and mulch. This would reduce the opportunity for the periwinkle to reshoot.

An almond, apple and nectarine were espaliered along the right side of the fence. These were some of the first trees grown in the garden in 2008. The fruit trees are underplanted with some bulbs and garlic.