First peas planted

Have planted the first peas against the fence in the front yard and trimmed the young buddleia tree to let sun in and hopefully the peas will climb up over it.

The rocks around the seeds will hopefully help defend against the onslaught of the hens.

Sun in the front yard

The sun is streaming into the front yard by 7.30 a.m. now and in the house soon after. Still about 9 or 9.30 a.m. before it's in the back yard. Some frost around this morning. Lovely sunny day. The first morning we've had with no thick cloud for a few days, so was good to see where the sun was at in the morning. Sun drops behind the hill around 3.45 p.m. and will do so for a week or two yet, I'd say - the setting sun is climbing the last peak in the mix to the north.

The front yard around 7.30 a.m.

Spot for seat

Plan on sorting out this area to put a seat against the fence. It's just a bit further toward the front of the yard from where I've recently planted the taupatas.

Pruning and mulching

Pruned some trees (ngaio, lucerne, loquat); mulched most of the branches and put them around the recently planted taupata.

First karaka, last taupata

After a late morning walk through the pines across the road, I planted the last taupata and the first karaka from the plants brought over by my parents the other day. Sunny day overall with some wind. Cloudy with a shower of rain late afternoon.

More taupata planted

The sun is showing in the backyard and creeping into the house before noon now. It stays in the yard for about an hour, shifting from the back to the front.

Two taupata planted

The first of this winter's plantings have gone into the ground. Kitchen scraps were put into the holes before soil from the vege patch in the back yard was added.

Sun started shining into the house today.

First area for tidying and planting trees

My parents kindly brought some young trees across for me to plant in the yard. This spot in front of the deck is the first area I'll start planting and tidying.

The yard tends to get quite shaggy over the no-sun period.

Yellow flowers

I'm not sure what this small tree is, but there are at least a couple of them, self-seeded, in the yard. They're out in flower at the moment.