It’s forecast to be 28 degrees today and that follows several other hot days of over thirty; that’s unusual for us in these southern regions. At least the skies are black so we could have rain later. The unit is air-conditioned, of course, so we’ve been comfortable while ever we’re at home but, if we go out, that’s another matter. Another issue is that I have needed to water each evening.
We determined when we moved here that gardening would not be part of the deal. No mass planting of roses, no herbaceous borders, no spring blooms for a bit of cheer. The builder made an attempt at landscaping when he put the units on the market by piling wood chips around the place, outlining a few flower beds and planting some green stuff here and there. It looks pretty good and doesn’t take much effort to maintain it: an occasional mow of the grass and a watering of the shrubs when we haven’t had rain.
With this weather, though, I’ve been watering each night and it’s drawn our attention to the outside of the unit and started us thinking of what we might have to do to make one or two areas more attractive without making more work for myself. Being on a small block, the fences are close to the windows. They’re constructed of a yellow wood which might look better when it weathers to a grey colour but that could take years. It’s the fence outside the loungeroom which is the main issue. When visitors come, the view they have is not the most attractive and we’ve decided we need to do something about it.
I’m not keen to dig up the ground so we’ve been looking at some kind of shelves which we could cover with pot plants which won’t take much looking-after and can be replaced from time to time. Bunnings, surprisingly, were very disappointing when we went looking as were other local garden supply places, so I have turned, as I often do, to eBay. The shelves I have ordered have been promised to arrive on my birthday and I will have the task of assembling them. How hard can it be?
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