An unproductive weekend

I have been in Wellington for the weekend... have just returned to find the boxes finished and not much more. But on a positive note the 2 sulking sunflowers have perked up again, and the beans have taken a liking to the strings and are booming. The week ahead will be constructive as I am back ready to crack the whip on the boys. Paint and plywood cutting will help advance the process slightly.

Thought of the day: (quite appropriate I think)

I love hard work I could sit and watch it for hours.

The building progress

Now to show you our building skills. Some good looking planter boxes and a Connect Four frame:

Not bad for a couple of beginners...

Plant progress in photos

Here is the nursery in the back courtyard.

Top left: Sunflowers and Peas

Above: Lettuces, silverbeet, herbs, marigolds, pak choi etc etc

Left: The tomatos and capsicums

Below: Beans on strings connected to the pergola...

Now had better go do some real work!!

43days to go

Today has been a productive day on the 'Four Play' front. Have potted up another 50 veges, staked the sunflowers that have reached a height of about half a metre. Our beans are stringed up to the pergola of the flat so heres hoping they grow extra fast to reach the 6foot mark....only 5foot to go!! Some sunshine would help, few plants looking a little sad including some sulking sunflowers.
Have confirmed getting foam for our Connect Four pieces for great price including cutting...(no idea how we were ever going to cut foam into circles.) The tops of our boxes are sanded and ready for top boards to be attached.

Big shout out to the Antigua Street Placemakers for just being awesome...

Thought of the day: "I'm not a vegetarian because I like animals, I am a vegetarian because I hate plants."

Introduction to Ellerslie

Our endeavour with this blog is to show our journey to Ellerslie and show our daily activities that we complete. We are currently in the early stages of construction, having planted up 170 vegetables and herbs into pots and built 5 planter boxes/crates. So still miles to go and so little time.... Anyway here is a description of our intentions for the garden.

'Four Play' is a garden design dedicated to some of favourite video and board games of our childhood. Childhood memories bring us back to a simpler, naive way of viewing the world; this display will appeal to the child within us all. The overall objective is to evoke memories of childhood throughout the garden. The design conveys a virtual realm into a 3-dimensional reality and brings the quest of the game to life.

Keep watching for our daily updates, phots and developing plans.