@chookmojo - wow, you have done a lot of work and lovely to hear of the purple and white theme too. We have one Willow Myrtle that we planted 19 years ago which is now a big matriarch of a tree, a rapacious wisteria (a white japanese not a purple) and a hedge of Cape Honey Suckle which is totally out of hand! We will keep two of the 5 cape honey suckle, despite their flowers being orange - because it is the home of the New Holand honey eaters and we love our garden birds very much. I relate to the never ending hedgeing, when I am not travelling very well, the hedges get way out of hand! Thnak goodness for hiring a tradie to come and help at that point.
Your veggie garden sounds great. I did tomatoes in a bigger round pot, not the polystyrene boxes, so i coudl water the, at a higher rate, I am just not sure that growing one or two tomatoe bushes is worth the high amount of water needed, I'm conflicted about that. Isn;t it funny how naturally seeded plants seem to thrive on neglect and anything you want to grow properly is all tender and difficult! (Like life I guess, those things in us that are wild and free get out of hand, and the things we want to cultivate take real effort. LOL!)
I have dismantled our old four burner BBQ and am rebuilding it into a veggie garden (as redemption to the animals sacrificed thereon over the years before I was vegan).
What is your favourite vegetable to grow?
