What a Beautiful Day.

Just what the doctor ordered. We had our first bar b que of the season today, it was 'lush'.

I uncovered the arid bed, and boy hasn't everything grown,

The Aloe Striatula, is enormous and even though I cut off two branches before I covered it in the autumn, it has now really out grown this space.

The Yucca Rostrata, is smothering my Aloe Polyphlla so along with the Aloe Striatula we will be moving both.

I think someone has been feeding my Agave Montana something that has made it grow even during our winter, it is enormous now, looks so healthy.

The Dasylirion Serratifolium is looking decidedly lopsided, I think that is because of the poison I had to put around it last year to kill the creeping violet.

Pachycereus Pringlei has sailed through its first winter

as has Trichocereus Macrogonus

My daughter was over so we decided to dig out and move the two Aloes, this turned out to be a bit of a disaster as I stod on the gravel the back board gave way,

I slipped and put my hand out and impalled myself on this, it down right hurt!

The Arid bed has only been constructed since 2015, but we used the wood from around the old veg beds and they had been around for quite a few years. The reasons for this being we weren't to sure whether we really where going to like it.

This was just after t had been set up, you can see just how much everything has grown.

So a bit of a 'bodge job' to keep it together until we can get some new wood.

We managed to dig and remove varying plants

and I think it looks loads better.

Some of the plants have been moved to the raised bed by the pond

more to be added later.

But a good start to the gardening season, I had a good day.