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| The Back Dam |
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This is a picture of how things looked two years ago. The photo was taken from the back deck and looks over the dam we had built. At this stage most of the plants are simply wild plants that had grown by themselves, but the form of the garden, with paths and focal points (bird feeding stations) was beginning to take place.
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| The driveway looking back towards the mountain. |
Behind is the driveway, wending its way down to the old dam (aka the Lap Swamp) toward the road. Most of the area is covered with a variety of gums and wattles, that grow happily on the poor soils. Getting anything else to grow will always be a challenge. A Geologist friend of mine has suggested that the predominant ground is composed of volcanic shale. It's acidic (around 5.5) and has minimal top soil. In essence, if you want to plant much you have to carve a hole in the rock, filled it with soil that you've imported from elsehwere and go from there. It's not gardening for the faint hearted!
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