25th October 2024...Day 6 Pressure washing the back corridor, and making a wood store.

Mike pressure washing the tiles.

Dave makes a new wood store

24th October 2024....Day 5, Nicko delivers some horse manure.

Up to their necks in it!

They spread it on all vegetable beds.

Trailer gets returned

23rd October 2024...Day 4, Dave becomes a pensioner...5 trailer loads of tree trimmings go to the dump. More trimming and dinner at L'Esclop.

A bit more pruning of the cherries 🍒

The kiwi gets a trim too.

Alice brings the donkeys up the road

How the veg garden looks now..

More to the tip!

We go to L' Esclop for Dave's birthday dinner.

22nd October 2024....Day 3... Felling the Douglas fir, planting iris, cutting veg garden hedge.

video of cutting down the douglas fir.

Cutting the veg garden hedge down to size.

Planting the irises from digging up the Feijoas.

They are now all along the fence.

21st October 2024...Day 2 tree felling.

Pruning the cherries.

Putting the window baskets back up...

20th October 2024...Day 1, Window baskets and veg garden.

First job, taking down the window baskets for some sorting out!

This involves Dave on a ladder outside and Mike on the window inside.

Then they tackle the raised bed's in the vegetable garden. Taking down the iron work, and weeding.

Moving the Feijoas from the garden up from the house, to the vegetable garden bed..they need more light ...

Number two feijoa on its way.

Cauliflower cheese for tea...

Some of today's wildlife.

Toad

Praying mantis

Egyptian locust

Charlie wearing cobwebs for Halloween 🎃

These flowers have been loving the cooler wetter weather!