A new life...a family of 3

Well, in case you weren't already aware, we've had a MINOR change in our life recently, which has completely changed everything...for the better of course!
With some days away from work to help with the little one, Andy decided to take advantage of the time at home to finish off some of the jobs around the garden.

Since our last post, we had our new garden wall rendered by a friend, so Andy took advantage and got the wall painted. In addition, he got the garden bed planted and the seating area next to the house paved. So, the garden area out back is looking very good these days. We're looking for a nice wooden bench and some nice pot plants to fill in the paved area eventually. Should be a nice place to sit and watch the kiddos play :)

Andy also shifted some of the plants from the front garden to the garden by the pool, cleaned out the rest of the front garden and prepared for planting, and painted the terraces to match the rest of the house. So, it's now ready for planting as soon as we get time and the weather cools down a bit.

Plants in the raised bed were transplanted from the front garden, so hopefully they survive the heat wave!

The last bit of work that's been done over the past month was to remove the Cape Lilac tree at the very back of the garden. We had our neighbours behind us come around to complain about the caterpillars in the tree that were falling every day and night into their garden and to complain about the berries that the tree drops. Although we hadn't really had any issues with that, there was a nasty vine that had taken over the tree that was causing loads of issues, so we just had the whole tree cut down. It changed the view out over the back of the house as compared to last summer!

The next bit of work to be done will be for the pool fence to be installed, which should be happening this coming week. Yay! Then we'll have a kid-safe back garden! :)