Garden delights

One of my favourite things about our new life in Australia is the garden around our house. Apparently the previous owners had very green thumbs, and loved their garden well. It is a delight! Every week we are surprised by new buds and blooms, and even though it is horribly dry here at the moment and we are restricted in watering due to the drought, the garden has slowed, but not stopped revealing its treasures.

We have also taken the opportunity to grow some of our own vegetable. We have lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, coriander, basil, parsley, chives, and strawberries growing.
There are water buckets all over the house, and every unused drop of water (and some used, like bath water) is collected for the vegetable patch. Our girls are learning how to be ‘water wise’ adn conserve every drop.