A Beautiful Spring Weekend

I had a lovely Spring weekend this weekend, both days were glorious and spent some lovely family time up in Sherbrooke at the Piggery Cafe - definitely recommended for those with kids as there are many fun things to play with before and after eating and a lovely space to roam.

I also had the chance to get out into the garden and do some much needed tending. I continue to espalier our three olive trees lining the driveway - pinched out the tips and a little bit of pulling and tying them onto the espalier wires. Looking better - hopefully they will bush up. One of them even has some developing fruit!

I also dug out a failed pear espalier and transplanted elsewhere - and replaced with another tree that I harshly pruned at ~30cm from the ground. It looks pretty sad but hopefully it will start sprouting below the cut and give me a nice espalier shape. One of the espaliered apples looks good so far but it is hard being patient and cutting where I need to cut!

Also got into the shredding of newspapers today and soaked them in water before putting them into each of the compost and worm farms. Should do the trick for now - I often neglect the carbon additions to the compost so tried to make up for it today!

Photos to come - and an update of the front garden as it is awakening out of winter!

blackberries hiding between the strawberries and kale

What did you get up to this weekend?