Thanksgiving

The guest of honour - 7.85kg of yum!

Safi was constantly underfoot

Tui in the flax

The Marlborough Daisies have started to flower

Back steps are done

I finally managed to finish the back steps. I came up with an assembly line approach to help get them done. I was in a bit of a hurry because next weekend is our annual Thanksgiving party.

The steps are two different colours because I ran out of left over Vitex decking from the back deck. I finished it using the old deck that was dismantled when we renovated two years ago. It looks a bit funny, but new Vitex was going to cost quite a bit and I like the idea of reusing the old timber.

Finally finished!

The strawberries are coming along nicely and there are lots of pots on the deck.

Strawberries and pots on the deck

The citrus trees now have boarders around them to keep me from getting them with the edger.

Citrus tree protection

Veggie garden

The last post didn't have any pictures of the veggie garden so here they are.

Broccoli in the foreground, Silverbeet and tomatoes in the background

Raspberries

Potatoes

Lettuce

Strawberies

More raspberries and few other things

Spring has arrived

This past week we had some amazing weather. Most evenings I would come home from work and have to open up the house to get it to cool off.

Since it was so nice I thought I would take a few photos to record how the house and garden are progressing.

Fully transformed

Front path with a helper kitty

The wild slope with Renga Renga Lilies about to bloom

More of the slope

Olive tree in the backyard

Thomas' Birthday

Our good friends' son Thomas had his third birthday recently. Helen made this amazing cake. It looked so impressive I had to take a photo of it.

Chocolate meringue super cake

Cruisy October

We have been having a relaxed October, spending most weekends around the house and catching up on the garden and chores. The garden is growing like crazy with the rain and some warm, sunny days - will post some photos soon. Aaron has been recovering well from an unexpected operation. He is back on his bike and trying to get his fitness back. Hope to be out and about doing something a little more adventurous soon.

Side steps are finally done

I spent the weekend working on the side steps. I think they are finally finished. I started working on them just over a year ago here. The only thing I have left is to get a bag of small rocks to fill the gap between the steps and the house.

Steps are done

I added a skirting board on the fence side to help keep unwanted rocks and weeds from coming through from the other side.

View from the top

Elsewhere in the garden, Helen's rhubarb has gone completely mental.

Rhubarb on steroids