After my obelisk disaster yesterday (it ended up falling over and snapping my peas off at the base) I decided to not only hurry up and plant the hedge on our side of the fence but also to plant some natives on the council verge on the other side of it. They can't complain about that surely...
I took the dogs down to The People's Park at Te Atatu Peninsula - for those unfamiliar this is a wetland area with views across the water to the city and the harbour bridge. As we trotted along I collected some seeds from Manuka Red Tea Tree shrubs. I want all the bees I can get and I don't need to worry too much about height (although I will keep it in check) because that's where the very last of the day's sun comes from and nearly all of the wind!
Now where is that seed raising mix?
Yay! Yesterday my friend gave me a big pittosporum and a matipo plant which I have planted as hedging on the berm.
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