Slowly, Softly

The lake dam is full! Except we forgot our camera on the last trip.

The shed we're planning is starting to take shape, in our minds at least and we've staked out our preferred site and done some preliminary sketches, which have been roughed out on napkins, of course ;)

Paddock plans are advancing and the first shovel loads of earth have been turned as the earthship style animal shelters have had their location sorted. Some construction photos will be up after the next trip, along with more detail on how we went about it.

This trip was mostly about planning, finishing fencing and as usual, planting. We planted the  following seedlings at our front gate /access road:

x2 Royal Grevillea (Grevillea victoriae)
x2 Silky Grevillea (Grevillea sericea)
x2 Oval Leaf Grevillea (Grevillea miqueliana)
x2 White Wings Grevillea (Grevillea 'White Wings')
x2 Grevillea Canterbury Gold (Grevillea 'Canterbury Gold')
x2 Grevillea Poorinda Peter (Grevillea 'Poorinda Peter')

We also planted our first apple tree in a prominent location near the lake dam:

x1 Apple Tree (Double grafted Red Delicous & Granny Smith)

Kristina has converted the bus into a nursery, so it looks like a greenhouse will soon be on my construction list. Here's what Kristina has got growing so far in her providence nursery:

x25 Cheesewoods
x25 Golden Rosemary

On this trip Kristina planted the following additional seeds:

x25 Mountain Pepper (Tasmannia Lanceolata)
x25 Native Currant
x50 Native Thyme
x50 Button Grass

When you add the below non-providence seeds:

x25 Fuscia Gum

We're going to run out of space in the bus pretty soon!