Ta-da!

First layer prepared!

I've removed as many of the roots as I can. I even had Elder Son and the grandsons working on them yesterday. Some broke off, some I've lopped off as I was never going to get to the bottom of them. Now I've spread the old stones out fairly evenly. (Although Husband will come home and say it's not level!)

Next it's weed-killer, followed by weed suppressant stuff, followed by new stones, and eventually tubs.

Do you know how long I've been working on this patch? No, nor me, but it's a long time. The fingers on my right hand swell making it difficult to get my gardening gloves off. But I am feeling proud of myself.

In other gardening news, I spotted signs of new life on my eaten dahlia, so I've added coffee grinds to the egg-shells and wool pellets. We'll see if that works.

And here are some blooms from Bring Me Sunshine (I think).

Family came around to swim yesterday and I played cricket with GrandSon3. First game he beat me about 22 -1 but in the second game, thanks to two freak occurrences, I beat him 20-7.

The first freakiness happened when I bowled him out i.e. I threw the ball and it hit what we were using as a wicket, a little plastic thing. Odds must have been 1,000,000-1.

The second freakiness, I caught him out i.e. I caught a ball. Not such huge odds but pretty unlikely nevertheless.

I didn't gloat too much. (No, I did!)

Finally, I learned yesterday that wombats do cube poos. They have circular anuses but still manage to poop out cubes. How amazing is that?

Oh, I forgot to mention Husband has a new barbecue. A snazzy charcoal one. Our last was a gas one but we're going - I was to say back to basics but this new barbecue is anything but basic.