On Saturday afternoon we went to Bunnings with Lindsey. While we were there I bought a hexagonal small raised garden bed, thinking that we could put one of the lemon trees in it. When we got home I assembled it (no screws, just slotting things into place; took 5 or 6 minutes) and put in the lemon tree, still in its plant pot.
Cool, thought I. We need another one for the other lemon tree. And perhaps another couple to grow vegetables and herbs in.
On Sunday, Jim and I went back to Bunnings and bought more hexagonal beds and some square ones.
Now our backyard looks like this
I need another couple of hexagonal ones or something similar for the now dispossessed lemon trees.
I did consider shaping the hexagonal boxes in the shape of a Coronavirus, and getting some narrow ones to form the spikes. But I think it would have taken up too much room. And perhaps wouldn't have amused anyone but me :-D
I also wonder what it is about us that makes us buy blocks of land with really weirdly shaped boundaries. The land in Tupton had all sort of angles forming the boundary. And so does this place, although not quite so many. What ever happened to rectangular blocks of land formed with right angles???
You may think it reckless of us to start landscaping the garden when it isn't yet ours. But the raised beds aren't permanent fixtures and can be dismantled and moved as required. We have not planted the lemon trees. And today we went to the bank and signed the Home Loan papers.
Contracts have been signed. Finance is in place. Settlement is set for July 21st. Short of some sort of disaster, the place will be ours in around 40 days. And if there is a disaster of such magnitude that it falls through now, the raised garden beds will be the least of our worries.
It is an indication of the differing complexities of buying and selling property in England and Australia that, when I told people about this, the Aussies all said: "How exciting! Congratulations" and the Brits said: "How exciting! I hope it all goes well"
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