Nearly There.

How exciting, we have our first garden bed in! It has taken 6weeks of cutting down and cleaning up and we finally had the space for our first garden bed to go in. This is one of 5 we are doing. DH has been busy planting fruit trees around the yard and they are all going great, the soil is wonderfully fertile and our olive tree has grown about a foot in 4weeks.

We had the dingo in yesterday, he levelled the ground where all the holes were, dug up the garden from next to the stairs and levelled there also. What would have taken us a few more days to finish, he done in 1hour. Was much less back breaking, plus we had already done most of the hard work! Our second garden bed is getting into position, just needs levelling and straightening, and we have tomato and beetroot planted in the first bed. The kids are growing sunflowers in pots (right pic near the brown gates), and when I get back home from visiting everyone we will finish off the other garden beds. Hopefully we can sort out our chook pen not to far down the track also. DH has wrangled some bathtubs from renovators so we are in the process of sorting out a worm shed, so far we have been told the bath tubs are ready for collection so we purchased the bolts to build the shed - one step at a time!

Tomorrow I head off with the kids on our adventure to try and get our boat up here, which involves getting a new boat trailer, transferring the boat to the trailer and strapping it down ready for the 7hr trip back up here. Am hoping my old neighbour can spare me some time to help out! Oh, and we pick up Little Miss 3's new puppy dog named Rusty (the main reason for the trip!).

Am not sure how I am going to fare with a puppy on my 'holiday'! Will be an experience, that is for sure. The kids have adjusted to life wonderfully up here, though Little Miss 3 is starting to feel the heat on the hotter days, looking all flushed and  ready for a nap by 9am! I love being at home, though never realised how much a 4yo actually talks - it seems to start when his eyes open in the morning and does not stop until he goes to bed at night, and his sister is beginning to follow suit!