Its been an exciting week since the last update!
I've been working my way through the latest delivery of rocks...luckily with the lockdowns in victoria eased i was able to go and pick these ones out myself...so there were no monstrously heavy ones like the last lot!
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....The big one near the wheelbarrow was an absolute killer to move....much sweating and swearing was involved followed by a couple days of light duties
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Most of the new load has been used to slightly extend the 'river' and to begin to create the border for the access path in front of the fence.
Eventually that path will be paved with natural and cut stone for a 'nobedan' style look, but thats a ways off yet...I'll also be adding in some extra taps along the fence and in a few concealed spots through the garden to make watering easier.
Aside from moving rocks i also finally dug out the patch of rhododendrons that were previously planted along the fence in readiness for replacing them with a sasanqua camellia hedge to give a nice dark green backdrop to the rest of the garden + a little extra privacy.
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In another exciting development i've finally found a suitable candidate to make into a water bowl for a tsukubai area...its from the base of a probably 16th or 17th century Japanese stone pagoda, the rest of which is long since lost.
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There's a long tradition in Japan of repurposing stone objects such as lantern components and architectural fragments into water bowls and stepping stones and after seeing this fantastic example using a similar pagoda base at the Adachi Art Museum i was desperate to give it a go myself!
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I'm still a ways off working on that area so it'll have to wait a while...in the meantime i've just plonked it on the path and have used a low point in it to 'fill it' (all 10mm of that low point) with water get a bit of an idea for how it might look...i think it fits in fairly well
It also matches in quite well with the gravel mix i was able to sort out ...in the end it was a mix of grey 7mm granite toppings + 7mm dromana toppings, both washed to get rid of the worst of the fines which i think should make for a fantastic moss growing media to use elsewhere.
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This area isnt too far off being done bar the rest of the gravel for the path, but i bought a few more plantings to help soften things a little more and to add a splash of extra colour here and there. I'm planning on keeping the flower palette fairly limited to very soft off whites, pinks and soft purples to keep to a fairly subdued look.
I'm still a little torn on the best way to hide the neighbour's ugly steel fence, though at this point the favourite option is some cheap brush screening wired to it as a temporary fix + a sasanqua camellia and a few other plantings to ultimately cover it up
Anyways, thats all for now! There'll be more coming soon, so for those still following....watch this space!
Cheers!
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