The Wedgetail eagle, cut from a piece of pool tin, has been screwed to the new shed, and it feels like we have truly moved. We cut this out some ten years ago and it has taken on an emotional significance, overlooking our projects, our lives.

The chook house has been built, well, the cage anyway. There's still foxes round here. They seem happy. We have some tin leftover from the old roof, so eventually that'll make a proper shed for them. However the coop does protect them from marauding magpies who taunt them constantly like gangs of errant teenagers.

I do let them free range once a day, a great game where I shout at them intermittently to get off the herb garden. As you can see below, the giant slab has gone and all that dirt will become dedicated to raised beds. Watch this space!

This time we have already drawn a plan, to scale as well. I don't suppose it'll make sense to you, but we are impressed we have gone that far.

On the deck the heartsease thirsts for water and is plucked for salads. I also have a large pot with three types of basil and a cherry tomato.

I've gone for the more crowded veg patch this year, starting from the premise that some plants shelter and shade, and the weeds don't have room to grow. It seems to be working. We have tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, beans and cucumbers coming, and of course zucchini.

This garden won't stay here - it's just a temporary measure, eventually being replaced by a edibles, natives and flowers garden. I've been planning it for once, jotting down what I want for mid layers, taller plants, lower. There's a lot of work to be done - poor Jamie has his work cut out for him!

I've been inspired by a book I got from the library with heaps of cool ideas. She very much has my way of thinking - gardens should be places of wonder, a feast for the senses and for the table.

It's a little frustrating, seeing it all in my minds eye but not quite being able to execute it yet. Patience I guess is called for. Bless my husband for building it for me - with my hip, I can't do much but plan, provide moral support, and shop Marketplace and plant stores.

I did pick up this pair of corten steel planter rings for an absolute bargain today. They are exactly what we need to soften a corner. I'll need more to create the visual triangle I'm after.

It's fun planning in a small space with a little budget to spend, unlike last time where we had no money and no idea what we were doing. Now we have experience and just enough drive left to see it happen. Hope you'll enjoy the journey with us.

With Love,

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